absorptive

absorptive

English

Etymology

absorption +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/, /æbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/

Adjective

absorptive (comparative more absorptive, superlative most absorptive)

1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.][1]
   • 1939, British White Paper of Palestine of 1939:

     In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […]

Translations

having capacity to imbibe

Dutch: absorberend (nl) Malay: berdaya serap, absorptif Norwegian: absorberende n

Portuguese: absortivo, absorvente (pt) Swedish: absorberande (sv)

Noun

absorptive (plural absorptives)

1. Any substance that absorbs.

References

1. “absorptive” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.