absorbering

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

absorbere +‎ -ing, first part from Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō (“absorb”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), + and from sorbeō (“I suck in, drink up”), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (“to suck in”), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (“to be sipping, sucking”), from *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”) and *-éyeti, from *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs). Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absɔrˈbeːrɪŋ/, /apsɔrˈbeːrɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ
• Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧ber‧ing

Noun

absorbering f or m (definite singular absorberinga or absorberingen, indefinite plural absorberinger, definite plural absorberingene)

1. the act of absorbing, an absorption

   absorbering av stråling

   radiation absorption

Synonyms

• absorpsjon (“absorption”)

Derived terms

• absorberingsevne (“absorbency”)
• absorberingskoeffisient (“absorbency coefficient”)

References

• “absorbering” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “absorbere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From absorbere +‎ -ing.

Noun

absorbering f (definite singular absorberinga, indefinite plural absorberingar, definite plural absorberingane)

1. absorption

Synonyms

• absorpsjon

Related terms

• absorbere

References

• “absorbering” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.