absorbator
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]absorbere + -ator, first part from Latin absorbēre (“absorb”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), + and from sorbeō (“I suck in, drink up”), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (“to suck in”), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (“to be sipping, sucking”), from *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”) and *-éyeti, from *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs). Last part frrom Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”), a form of -tor (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]absorbator m (definite singular absorbatoren, indefinite plural absorbatorer, definite plural absorbatorene)
- an absorber or absorbent (something which absorbs)
- 2012 August 30, e24.no:
- når strålingen treffer absorbatoren, varmes den opp og sender stråling ut igjen
- when the radiation hits the absorber, it heats up and emits radiation again
Synonyms
[edit]- absorbent (“absorbent”)
References
[edit]- “absorbator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “absorbator” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *srebʰ-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ator
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
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