absorber

2 definitions found

absorber - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Absorber \Ab*sorb"er\, n.
     One who, or that which, absorbs.
     [1913 Webster]

absorber - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  absorber
      n 1: (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs
           radiation