"absorbency" meaning in English

See absorbency in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /æb.sɔr.bn̩.si/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-absorbency.wav [US] Forms: absorbency [singular], absorbencies [plural]
Etymology: absorbance + -y Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|absorbance|y}} absorbance + -y Head templates: {{noun|absorbency|absorbencies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Absorbency is the measurement of how much something can absorb.
    Sense id: simple-absorbency-en-noun-PmVro0xr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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