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absorber|əbˈsɔːbə(r)|
[f. absorb + -er1.]
One who, or something which, absorbs. Chiefly techn. Cf. shock-absorber.
1792A. Young Trav. France 153 He has a pair of scales made at Paris,..an air pump,..an absorber,..a respirator. 1861Sat. Rev. No. 279. 222/1 Nitrogen and oxygen..are feeble absorbers and radiators. 1873Symonds Gk. Poets i. 29 Aristotle was the absorber of all previous and contemporary knowledge into one coherent system. 1922Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics I. 689/2 A low pressure is maintained in the evaporator by causing the evaporated vapour to pass into another vessel, called the absorber, where it comes into contact with cold water in which it becomes dissolved. 1933Discovery Aug. 260/1 The wheel and tyre are sprung in conjunction with absorbers. 1949Gloss. Terms Refrigeration (B.S.I.) 4 Absorber, the vessel, used in an absorption system, in which the refrigerant vapour is absorbed. 1958Chambers's Techn. Dict. 952/1 Absorber, material for capturing neutrons without generating more neutrons, e.g., boron and cadmium, much used for controlling and shielding reactors. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 239 Soft absorbers depend for their action on such things as the friction of air particles in the interstices of the material. |