ABSORBENCY
Dictionary entry overview: What does absorbency mean? • ABSORBENCY (noun)
The noun ABSORBENCY has 1 sense:
1. the property of being absorbent
Familiarity information: ABSORBENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ABSORBENCY (noun)
Meaning:
The property of being absorbent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("absorbency" is a kind of...):
permeability; permeableness (the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion))
Attribute:
absorbent; absorptive (having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.))
nonabsorbent; nonabsorptive (not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids))
Antonym:
nonabsorbency (the property of not being absorbent)
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