imbibition
- noun
- /ɪmˌbɪbɪˈʃən/
- Specialized
:
imbibición
- The plant's growth improved significantly after the process of imbibition allowed it to absorb water from the soil.
Examples
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Imbibition, we learn, is a time when condensing vapors descend upon sophic earth in the bottom of the vessel.
Fiction book (1991) -
After imbibition, the gel effectively absorbed the liquid, transforming into a soft and flexible material.
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I listened so often, with a pre-adolescent capacity for rote retention, that I learned every word and note of the corpus by pure imbibition, without a moment of conscious effort.
Academic text (2000) -
During imbibition, the dried fruit swelled as it took in water, becoming plump and juicy.
Synonyms
56
3.0
How much food and drink a person eats or drinks
10
3.9
The body takes nutrients from digested food into the blood
6
5.1
The body takes in a substance like food or liquid
1
3.5
The amount of water a material takes in, shown by weight gain after soaking
Putting liquid drop by drop into a body part like an eye or ear
Antonyms
How Absorbent
4
4.7
- Specialized
- Specialized
21
4.6
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Imbibition comes from the Latin parts im- 'in' and bibere 'to drink', and it is the same idea as imbibe — literally 'drink in'. So, think of a seed or a sponge 'drinking' water: when a material soaks up liquid and swells, that process is called 'imbibition'.