Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. / (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

present participle of absorb

The state or quality of being absorbable.

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

A material that can be absorbed.

A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid. / (nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor. / A person who absorbs.

(obsolete) The action of absorbing. / The quality of being absorbent. / (physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.

Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.

Anything which absorbs. / (physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.