absorber

[ ab-sawr-ber, -zawr- ]

/ æbˈsɔr bər, -ˈzɔr- /

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noun

a person or thing that absorbs.

Physics. a material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs neutrons without reproducing them.

Nearby words

absorbed dose, absorbefacient, absorbent, absorbent cotton, absorbent vessel, absorber, absorbing, absorbing well, absorptance, absorptiometer, absorptiometry

Origin of absorber

First recorded in 1785–95; absorb + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for absorber

Leaving Charley to refasten the door flap, the three men bolted toward the absorber.
The Forbidden Trail|Honor Willsie
At five o'clock Sunday afternoon, the absorber was finished.
The Forbidden Trail|Honor Willsie
He had little fear of being picked up by radiation detectors, thanks to his absorber.
The Happy Man|Gerald Wilburn Page
For the various parts of the absorber system we have relied upon the original type of couplings used in the earlier apparatus.
Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man|Francis Gano Benedict

You and Gustav clean up after the storm to-morrow and go on with the absorber.
The Forbidden Trail|Honor Willsie

British Dictionary definitions for absorber

absorber

/ (əbˈsɔːbə, -ˈzɔː-) /

noun

a person or thing that absorbs

physics a material that absorbs radiation or causes it to lose energy

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