Amalgamation vs. Absorption — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Amalgamation and Absorption
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Amalgamation
The act of amalgamating or the condition resulting from this act.
Absorption
The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed.
Amalgamation
A consolidation or merger, as of several corporations.
Absorption
A state of mental concentration.
Amalgamation
The production of a metal alloy of mercury.
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Absorption
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
Amalgamation
The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
Absorption
(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
Amalgamation
The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
Absorption
Assimilation; incorporation.
The absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
The absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
Amalgamation
(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
Absorption
The imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
The absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
Amalgamation
(obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.
Absorption
(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).
Amalgamation
The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; - applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.
Absorption
(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.
Amalgamation
The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.
Absorption
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Absorption in some employment
Amalgamation
The combination of two or more commercial companies
Absorption
Mental assimilation.
Absorption
(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
Absorption
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.
Absorption
An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
Absorption
In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
Absorption
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
Absorption
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
Absorption
(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium;
The absorption of photons by atoms or molecules
Absorption
The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Absorption
The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
Absorption
Complete attention; intense mental effort
Absorption
The mental state of being preoccupied by something
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