absorptive

English

Etymology

From absorb +‎ -tive.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/, /æbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

absorptive (comparative more absorptive, superlative most absorptive)

1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]
   • 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

• absorptively
• absorptiveness
• absorptivity
• hyperabsorptive
• immunoabsorptive
• isoabsorptive
• malabsorptive
• nonabsorptive
• postabsorptive
• preabsorptive
• reabsorptive

 

Translations

having capacity to imbibe

• Dutch: absorberend (nl)
• Malay: berdaya serap (ms), absorptif (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absorptiv, absorberende

• Polish: chłonny (pl), wchłanający, pochłanający, absorbujący
• Portuguese: absortivo, absorvente (pt)
• Swedish: absorberande (sv)

Noun

absorptive (plural absorptives)

1. Any substance that absorbs.

Translations

any substance that absorbs

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absorbent (no) m, absorbator m

• Polish: absorbent (pl) m inan, pochłaniacz m inan

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absɔrpˈtiːʋə/, /apsɔrpˈtiːʋə/

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• Rhymes: -iːʋə
• Hyphenation: ab‧sorp‧ti‧ve

Adjective

absorptive

1. definite singular of absorptiv
2. plural of absorptiv