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Absorption spectrum, the spectrum of light which has passed through a medium capable of absorbing a portion of the rays. It is characterized by dark spaces, bands, or lines. -- Chemical spectrum, a spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their chemical effects, as in photography. These, in the usual photo…

A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.

Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.

illi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.

ulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc.