English-Portuguese translations for absorption

• absorção
  A taxa de absorção global é de 17,95%. The overall absorption rate is 17.95%.
  Da mesma maneira, 60% dos Estados-Membros têm uma absorção inferior a este valor. Also, 60% of Member States have a lower absorption than this.
  Começámos por utilizar o termo "capacidade de absorção". The original term which we dealt with was 'absorption capacity'.
• concentração

Definition of absorption

• The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as
• Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
• Mental assimilation.

Examples

• the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
• the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
• the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
• absorption in some employment

Related words

• reabsorption
• malabsorption
• absorption line
• absorption factor
• absorption band
• absorption coefficient
• absorption spectrum
• absorption point
• absorption sound damper