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Categories: Spectroscopy, Glass physics, Radiation, Scattering, absorption and radiative transfer (optics), Electromagnetic radiation

absorption absorption of electromagnetic radiation absorption of light light absorption Molecular absorption

(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium WordNet 3.0

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(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In physics, absorption of electromagnetic radiation is how matter takes up a photon's energy — and so transforms electromagnetic energy into internal energy of the absorber. Wikipedia

Absorption of light or other electromagnetic radiation by a material Wikipedia Disambiguation

Absorption of electromagnetic waves, electrons, or other particles in physics Wikidata

Way in which the energy of a photon is taken up by matter; physical process of absorbing light, while absorbance does not always measure absorption: it measures attenuation Wikidata

The process in which radiant energy is retained by a substance. OmegaWiki

The imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception. Wiktionary

Chemistry, physics: imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action. Wiktionary (translation)

The absorption of photons by atoms or molecules WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc. Wiktionary

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nuclear magnetic resonance