Absorber
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Absorber is a noun meaning Something that absorbs.
Meaning
Something that absorbs.
More Meanings
- A person who absorbs.
- (topology) A set that, under suitable transformations, can contain any set from a given class within a topological space.
Example Sentences
By proposition 6.5.4, X is a skeletoid and hence an absorber by theorem 6.5.1.
Which can be ignited the more easily with a burning-glass, black or white paper? Black paper, since it is a much better absorber of heat.
Old Lady Dacier’s bluntness in speaking of her grandson would have shocked Lady Wathin as much as it astonished, had she been less of an ardent absorber of aristocratic manners.
[…] since few wanted mosaics any more he had turned to fresco, becoming the greatest absorber and eclectic in Italy. He had learned everything that the earlier fresco painters, from the time of Cimabue, had to teach.
Word Forms
- absorbers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adsorbent, absorptive, saturable, damper, canister, buffer.
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