<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of absorbing</li><li>the state or process of being absorbed</li><li>assimilation; incorporation: the absorption of small farms into one big one</li><li>uptake of substances by a tissue, as of nutrients through the wall of the intestine</li><li>a taking in or reception by molecular or chemical action, as of gases or liquids</li><li>Physics: the removal of energy or particles from a beam by the medium through which the beam propagates</li><li>complete attention or preoccupation; deep engrossment: absorption in one's work</li></ul>