Absorption vs. Stripping — What's the Difference?

The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed.

To remove clothing or covering from

A state of mental concentration.

To remove or take off (clothing or covering)

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,

To remove an exterior coating, as of paint or varnish, from

(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.

To remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, for example).

Assimilation; incorporation.

To clear of a natural covering or growth; make bare

The imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.

To deprive of possessions, office, rank, privileges, or honors; divest

(meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).

To rob of wealth or property; plunder or despoil

(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.

To remove equipment, furnishings, or accessories from

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.

To remove nonessential detail from; reduce to essentials

Mental assimilation.

To dismantle (a firearm, for example) piece by piece.

(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

To damage or break the threads of (a screw, for example) or the teeth of (a gear).

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.

To draw and discard the first drops of milk from the udder of (a cow or goat, for example) at the start of milking.

An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

To draw the last drops of milk from the udder of (a cow or goat, for example) at the end of milking.

In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.

To extract the milt or roe from (a live fish).

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

To draw in (a fishing line) by hand, as between casts with a fly rod.

(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

To mount (a photographic positive or negative) on paper to be used in making a printing plate.

(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium;

To undress completely.

The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

To perform a striptease.

The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

To fall away or be removed; peel

Complete attention; intense mental effort

To cut or tear into strips.

The mental state of being preoccupied by something

A striptease.

A long narrow piece, usually of uniform width

A long narrow region of land or body of water.

A comic strip.

An airstrip.

An area, as along a busy street or highway, that is lined with a great number and variety of commercial establishments.

Present participle of strip

The act of one who strips.

A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream

The act of one who strips.

The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.

The removal of covering