absorptive
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]absorption + -ive
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/, /æbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]absorptive (comparative more absorptive, superlative most absorptive)
- Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- 1939, British White Paper of Palestine of 1939:
- In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]having capacity to imbibe
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Noun
[edit]absorptive (plural absorptives)
- Any substance that absorbs.
Translations
[edit]any substance that absorbs
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References
[edit]- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorptive”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]absorptive
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