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Noun Concept
Categories: Spectroscopy, Electromagnetic radiation, Scattering, absorption and radiative transfer (optics), Radiation, Glass physics
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absorption  absorption of electromagnetic radiation  absorption of light  light absorption  Molecular absorption
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(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium WordNet 3.0
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optics
electromagnetic radiation
Light
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(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In physics, absorption of electromagnetic radiation is how matter takes up a photon's energy — and so transforms electromagnetic energy into internal energy of the absorber. Wikipedia
Absorption of light or other electromagnetic radiation by a material Wikipedia Disambiguation
Absorption of electromagnetic waves, electrons, or other particles in physics Wikidata
Way in which the energy of a photon is taken up by matter; physical process of absorbing light, while absorbance does not always measure absorption: it measures attenuation Wikidata
The process in which radiant energy is retained by a substance. OmegaWiki
The imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception. Wiktionary
Chemistry, physics: imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action. Wiktionary (translation)
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The absorption of photons by atoms or molecules WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc. Wiktionary