Hypertext Webster Gateway: "absorptive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Absorptive \Ab*sorp"tive\, a.
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. --E.
Darwin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
absorptive
adj : having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up
(liquids); "as absorbent as a sponge" [syn: {absorbent}]
[ant: {nonabsorbent}]
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