total absorption

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandabsorption

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total
adjective
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/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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absorption
noun[U]
uk
/əbˈzɔːp.ʃən/us
/əbˈzɔːrp.ʃən/
the process of taking something into ...
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(Definition oftotalandabsorptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The former may be more intuitive to some, but the latter is mathematically precise and leads to easily calculated values for thetotalabsorption.
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It has been found that typically only a 1026 fraction of laser light arrives to the critical surface; numerically, we havetotalabsorption.
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Multiple infections that involve the entire intestine could give malabsorption in all regions and thus produce a physiologically significant decrease intotalabsorption.
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The usual behaviour of neutrals is neither elastic reflection nortotalabsorptionby dust particles.
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In stage two, we have thetotalabsorptionof the centre into the secondary school and the removal of the head master.
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The presence of food delays absorption but does not affecttotalabsorption.
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Spreading thetotalabsorptionof alcohol over a greater period of time decreases the maximum alcohol level, decreasing the hangover effect.
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Thetotalabsorptionratio of that body is dimensionless, the ratio of absorbed to incident radiation in the cavity at temperature.
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How well a room absorbs sound is quantified by the effective absorption area of the walls, also namedtotalabsorptionarea.
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Totalabsorptionis measured without magnetic field and background absorption with the magnetic field on.
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In addition to the total concentration of hemoglobin, the oxygen saturation will define the concentration of oxy and deoxyhemoglobin in tissue and so thetotalabsorptionspectrum.
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