2021-04-03
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – absorb & absorption
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง absorb = ‘ab-SAWRB’
ออกเสียง absorption = ‘ab-SAWRP-shuhn’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
Absorb = assimilate;
= consume;
= soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
Not to be confused with:
adsorb = gather a substance on a surface:
Charcoal will adsorb gasses.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group
absorption
1. Uptake of substances, such as digested food and oxygen, into cells.
2. The transfer of digested nutrients from the alimentary canal into blood or lymph.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, &
SCIENTIFIC DEFINITIONS FOR ABSORPTION
ab·sorp·tion (əb-sôrp′shən)
- 1. Biology The movement of a substance,
such as a liquid or solute,
across a cell membrane by means of diffusion or osmosis.
- 2. Chemistry The process of drawing a gas or liquid
into a solid through the minute spaces between its parts.
Compare adsorption.
- 3. Physics The taking up and storing of energy,
such as radiation, light, or sound,
without it being reflected or transmitted.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
History and Etymology for absorb
borrowed fromMiddle French assorber, absorber, asorbir, absorbir,
going back to Old French,
borrowed (with conjugation changes) from Latin absorbēre, from ab- AB- + sorbēre "to suck up, draw in, engulf,"
going back to Indo-European *sṛbh-eii̯̯e-,
probably re-formedfrom *srobh-eii̯̯e-,
iterative derivative fromthe verb base *srebh- "suck up, drink noisily";
akin to Greek rophéō, ropheîn "to drink in gulps,"
Armenian arbi "drank," Lithuanian srebiù, srė̃bti "to gulp,"
Old Russian sereblyu, serebati
