absorber

== English == === Etymology === From absorb +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bɚ/, /æbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bɚ/ === Noun === absorber (plural absorbers) Something that absorbs. 1756, Thomas Amory, The Life of John Buncle, Esq., London: J. Noon, Chapter 36 “Remarks on the delluge,” p. ,[3] The swallows especially must do great work in the case, if we take into their number not only very many open gulphs or chasms, the depth of which no line or sound can reach; but likewise the communications of very many parts of the sea, and of many great unfathomable lochs, with the abyss. These absorbers could easily receive what had before come out of them. A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid. [First attested in the mid 19th century.] (nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor. A person who absorbs. [First attested in the mid 19th century.] (topology) A set that, under suitable transformations, can contain any set from a given class within a topological space. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Barberos, reabsorb == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin absorbēre (“absorb”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ap.sɔʁ.be/ === Verb === absorber (transitive) to absorb ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== absorption résorber === Further reading === “absorber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Alternative forms === absorver (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Latin absorbeō. === Verb === absorber (first-person singular present absorbo, first-person singular preterite absorbín, past participle absorbido) (transitive) to absorb ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== absorción absorbente === Further reading === “absorber”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /absɔrˈbeːr/, /apsɔrˈbeːr/ Rhymes: -eːr Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧ber === Verb === absorber imperative of absorbere == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English absorber. First attested in 1922. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /apˈsɔr.bɛr/ Rhymes: -ɔrbɛr Syllabification: ab‧sor‧ber === Noun === absorber m inan (chemistry, technology) absorber (device causing gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid) Synonym: pochłaniacz (technology) scrubber (device that removes impurities from gases) Synonyms: aparat absorpcyjny, płuczka, skruber ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== adsorber === References === === Further reading === absorber in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN absorber in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin absorbēre (“absorb”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /absoɾˈbeɾ/ [aβ̞.soɾˈβ̞eɾ] Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: ab‧sor‧ber === Verb === absorber (first-person singular present absorbo, first-person singular preterite absorbí, past participle absorbido) (transitive) to absorb (transitive) to use up, to deplete Synonym: agotar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “absorber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025