Associations to the word «Absorbency»

Wiktionary

ABSORBENCY, noun. (obsolete) The action of absorbing.
ABSORBENCY, noun. The quality of being absorbent. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
ABSORBENCY, noun. (physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.

Dictionary definition

ABSORBENCY, noun. The property of being absorbent.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams