absorptive

adj
/æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/US

Etymology

From absorb + -tive.

  1. derived from *srebʰ-
  2. derived from absorbeō — “swallow up
  3. derived from assorbir
  4. derived from absorber
  5. suffixed as absorptive — “absorb + tive

Definitions

  1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe

    Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for absorptive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA