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Noun Synset: 113424183

Words: absorption

Gloss: (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules"

hypernym 113518963 - action, activity, natural_action, natural_process
part holonym 113478342 - extinction
domain topic 106090869 - natural_philosophy, physics
derivationally related 202765464 - absorb, take_in

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