Hypertext Webster Gateway: "imbibition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Imbibition \Im`bi*bi"tion\, n. [Cf. F. imbibition.]
The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the
post-mortem imbibition of poisons. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
imbibition
n 1: (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
2: the act of consuming liquids [syn: {drinking}, {imbibing}]
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