• n.
    ⦿(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
    lexical concept
  • the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules

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wn:part of speechnoun
lexinfo:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:absorption
wn:interlingual indexili:i107287

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