absorbency

English

Alternative forms

• (physics) absorbancy

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *sorβeō

Latin sorbeō

Latin absorbeō

Old French assorbir

Middle French absorberder.

English absorb

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -āns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -āntia

Old French -ancebor.

Middle English -aunce

English -ance

English absorbance

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Latin -ia

Old French -ieder.

Middle English -ie

Middle English -y

English -y

English absorbency

From absorbance + -y.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/

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Noun

absorbency (countable and uncountable, plural absorbencies)

2. The quality of being absorbent.
4. (physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
   • 2007 May 1, “Detergent Can Be So Much More”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 9 Feb. 2009:

     Product benefits are quickly copied, whether it's cleaning power or diaper absorbency.

5. (obsolete) The action of absorbing.

Synonyms

• absorptiveness

Translations

quality of being absorbent

• Catalan: absorbència f
• Dutch: absorptie (nl) f, absorptievermogen (nl) n
• Finnish: absorboivuus
• French: absorbance (fr) f
• Galician: absorbencia f
• German: Absorbierfähigkeit f
• Indonesian: daya serap (id), keterserapan
• Interlingua: absorbentia
• Italian: capacità di assorbimento
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absorberingsevne m or f, absorpsjonsevne m or f

• Polish: absorbancja (pl) f
• Portuguese: absorvência f
• Romanian: absorbanță f, capacitate de absorbție
• Russian: поглоти́тельная спосо́бность f (poglotítelʹnaja sposóbnostʹ)
• Spanish: absorbencia (es) f

the ratio of the absorbance

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absorberingsevne m or f, absorpsjonsevne m or f

• Polish: absorbancja (pl) f

References

• “absorbency”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.