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absorptive

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/(US)
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/æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/(US) · /əbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/(US) · /əbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/(US) · /æbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/(US)

Definition of absorptive

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
    “In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […]”
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adj

  1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
    “In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […]”

noun

  1. Any substance that absorbs.

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Etymology

From absorb + -tive.

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