"absorbency" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /æb.sɔɹ.bn̩.si/ [US], /æb.zɔɹ.bn̩.si/ [US], /əb.sɔɹ.bn̩.si/ [US], /əb.zɔɹ.bn̩.si/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-absorbency.wav [US] Forms: absorbencies [plural]
Etymology: absorbance + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|absorbance|y}} absorbance + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} absorbency (countable and uncountable, plural absorbencies)
  1. The quality of being absorbent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being absorbent): absorbència [feminine] (Catalan), absorptie [feminine] (Dutch), absorptievermogen [neuter] (Dutch), absorboivuus (Finnish), absorbance [feminine] (French), absorbencia [feminine] (Galician), Absorbierfähigkeit [feminine] (German), absorbentia (Interlingua), capacità di assorbimento (Italian), absorberingsevne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), absorpsjonsevne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), absorbancja [feminine] (Polish), absorvência [feminine] (Portuguese), absorbanță [feminine] (Romanian), capacitate de absorbție (Romanian), поглоти́тельная спосо́бность (poglotítelʹnaja sposóbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), absorbencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-absorbency-en-noun-en:quality Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 44 39 17 Disambiguation of 'quality of being absorbent': 96 4 1
  2. (physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (the ratio of the absorbance): absorberingsevne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), absorpsjonsevne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), absorbancja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-absorbency-en-noun-en:physics Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 52 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 44 39 17 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'the ratio of the absorbance': 20 79 2
  3. (obsolete) The action of absorbing. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-absorbency-en-noun-lw4bjklP Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 44 39 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: absorptiveness, absorbancy [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

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