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imeytyminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • absorption noun The process of taking in and incorporating a substance, such as light, heat, or liquid.
  • assimilation noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.

Senses

imeytyminen is used for these senses in English:

  • absorption (physical chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  • absorption (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  • absorption The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
  • assimilation The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.

absorption — full definition

  1. noun The process of taking in and incorporating a substance, such as light, heat, or liquid.
  2. noun A total engrossment of someone's attention or interest.

assimilation — full definition

  1. noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
  2. noun In linguistics, a sound change in which one speech sound becomes more like a neighboring sound.

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