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ABSORPTIVE

\ɐbsˈɔːptɪv], \ɐbsˈɔːptɪv], \ɐ_b_s_ˈɔː_p_t_ɪ_v]\

Definitions of ABSORPTIVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids); "as absorbent as a sponge"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids); "as absorbent as a sponge"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Having the power of absorption.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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