ABSORBENCY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of being absorbent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("absorbency" is a kind of...):

permeability; permeableness (the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion))

Attribute:

absorbent; absorptive (having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.))

nonabsorbent; nonabsorptive (not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids))

Antonym:

nonabsorbency (the property of not being absorbent)

Derivation:

absorbent (having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.))