absorbed

English

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Adjective

absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)

1. fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
2. (of light) taken in by a body without reflection
3. (of a fluid) taken by through the pores of a surface

Translations

fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed

Czech: pohlcený (cs) Finnish: uppoutunut, syventynyt Portuguese: absorvido (pt)

Romanian: absorbit (ro) m. and n., captivat (ro) m. and n., îngândurat (ro) m. and n. Spanish: absorto (es), ensimismado (es)

taken in by a body without reflection

Czech: pohlcený (cs) Finnish: absorboitunut (fi)

Portuguese: absorvido (pt) Romanian: absorbit (ro) m. and n.

taken by through the pores of a surface

Finnish: imeytynyt Portuguese: absorvido (pt)

Romanian: absorbit (ro) m. and n., absorbită (ro) f.

Verb

absorbed

1. Simple past tense and past participle of absorb.

Derived terms

• absorbed dose
• self-absorbed

See also

• adsorbed

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Spanish

Verb

absorbed (infinitive absorber)

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of absorber.