absorbent
absorbent
englantiimukykyinen
Synonyymisanakirja
absorbent
absorboiva, imukykyinen, absorptiokykyinen, absorptiota aiheuttava, absorptiota edistävä, sorptiota aiheuttava, sorptiota edistävä, assimiloiva, hygroskooppinen, absorboivuus, imukyky.
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Englannin sanakirja
absorbent (englanti > suomi)
absorbent englanniksi
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. (defdate)(R:SOED5)
Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.
Anything which absorbs. (defdate)
1839, w:Charles_Darwin Charles Darwin, w:The Voyage of the Beagle|The Voyage of the Beagle, 1972, Forgotten Books, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HalyPrin8MAC&pg=PA225&dq=%22The+ocean,+itself+a+bad+absorbent+of+heat%22&hl=en&ei=tKLOTaCeLYyOvQOE0pCeBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAAv=onepage&q=%22The%20ocean%2C%20itself%20a%20bad%20absorbent%20of%20heat%22&f=false page 225,
puhekieltä The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. (defdate)
puhekieltä Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
puhekieltä A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
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