soaking up

Noun
  1. (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another;
    A fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid (synset 113445095)
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: sorption - the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption)
    subtypes: imbibition - (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
    same as: absorption

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