a unit for measuring absorption
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
