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ABSORBENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being absorbent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("absorbency" is a kind of...):
permeability; permeableness (the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion))
Attribute:
absorbent; absorptive (having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.))
nonabsorbent; nonabsorptive (not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids))
Antonym:
nonabsorbency (the property of not being absorbent)
Derivation:
absorbent (having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.))
