absorptive

2 definitions found

absorptive - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Absorptive \Ab*sorp"tive\, a.
     Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. --E.
     Darwin.
     [1913 Webster]

absorptive - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  absorptive
      adj 1: having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up
             something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a
             sponge" [syn: absorbent, absorptive] [ant:
             nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive]