Ab-sôrp'tion, n.

(-sôrp/shun), n. [Lat. absorptio, Fr. absorption. See ABSORB.]

1. The act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear by mechanical means; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool. Nichol.
2. The process or act of being made passively to disappear in some other substance, through molecular or other invisible means; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, &c. Also, in living organisms through the vital processes of nutrition and growth; specifically, (a.) The imbibition by the tissues of nutritive material; (b.) the removal from them of excrementitious substances by the blood-vessels and lymphatics; (c.) the passage from without into the blood-vessels or lymphatics of any liquid whatever.
3. Entire engrossment or occupation of mind; as, absorption in some employment.