Noun
The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe theme of Cosmology, which is the basis of all religions, is the story of the dynamic effort of the World passing into everlasting unity, and of the static majesty of God's vision, accomplishing its purpose of completion by absorption of the World's multiplicity of effort. Alfred North Whitehead
The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples. Walter Lippmann
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth-Brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from God. Swami Vivekananda
In general, scientific progress calls for no more than the absorption and elaboration of new ideas - and this is a call most scientists are happy to heed. Werner Heisenberg
Absorption in Imam Husayn's affairs (his life and his person, etc.), away from his missionary side is backwardness. Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise? Hugo Ball