absorption

From: A Dictionary of Weather | Date: 2001| Author: | Copyright information

absorption
1. The process by which a substance, such as a gas or water vapour , reacts chemically with another. Compare ADSORPTION
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2. The removal of certain wavelengths from incident radiation by a material such as glass or air by scattering or by excitation ...

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