[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

absorption \absorp"tion\, n. l. absorptio, fr. absorbere. see
   absorb.
   1. the act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or
      of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the
      absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a
      smaller tribe into a larger.
      1913 webster

   2. chem.  physics an imbibing or reception by molecular or
      chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat,
      electricity, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. physiol. in living organisms, the process by which the
      materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and
      conveyed to the tissues and organs.
      1913 webster

   4. entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as,
      absorption in some employment.
      1913 webster
see also:
absorb 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

absorption
     n 1: chemistry a process in which one substance permeates
          another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid
          or solid syn: soaking up
     2: 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"
     3: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into
        harmony with another syn: assimilation
     4: the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after
        digestion syn: assimilation
     5: complete attention; intense mental effort syn: concentration,
         engrossment, immersion
     6: the mental state of being preoccupied by something syn: preoccupation,
         preoccupancy, engrossment
see also:
soaking up assimilation concentration engrossment immersion preoccupation 
preoccupancy 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

125 moby thesaurus words for "absorption":
   walter mitty, ablation, absence of mind, absentmindedness,
   absorbed attention, absorbency, absorbent, abstractedness,
   abstraction, adsorbent, adsorption, application, assimilation,
   attrition, bemusement, bile, blotter, blotting, blotting paper,
   brown study, burning up, castle-building, chemisorption,
   chemosorption, close study, concentration, consumption,
   contemplation, contemplativeness, daydream, daydreamer,
   daydreaming, deep study, deep thought, depletion, depth of thought,
   digestion, digestive system, drain, dream, dreaming, eating up,
   embarrassment, endosmosis, engagement, engrossment, enmeshment,
   entanglement, erosion, exhaustion, exosmosis, expending,
   expenditure, fantasy, fantasying, finishing, fit of abstraction,
   gastric juice, gastrointestinal tract, imbibing, immersion,
   implication, impoverishment, inclusion, infiltration, ingestion,
   intentness, intestinal juice, involution, involvement, liver,
   meditation, melancholy, monomania, mooning, moonraking, muse,
   musefulness, musing, muted ecstasy, obsession, osmosis, pancreas,
   pancreatic digestion, pancreatic juice, pensiveness, percolation,
   pipe dream, pipe-dreaming, predigestion, preoccupation,
   profound thought, rapt attention, reflectiveness, relation,
   reverie, saliva, salivary digestion, salivary glands,
   secondary digestion, seepage, single-mindedness, soaking-up,
   sorption, speculativeness, spending, sponge, sponging, squandering,
   stargazing, studiousness, study, submersion, taking-in,
   thoughtfulness, trance, using up, wastage, waste, wastefulness,
   wasting away, wearing away, wearing down, wistfulness,
   woolgathering

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