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absorb
(ab-sorb“)
to take in or assimilate, as to take up substances into or across tissues, such as the skin or intestine.
to stop particles of radiation energy so that their energy is totally transferred to the absorbing material.
to retain specific wavelengths of radiation incident upon a substance, either raising its temperature or changing the energy
state of its molecules.

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