absorptive

Etymology

absorption + -ive

adj

  1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
    In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […] 1939, British White Paper of Palestine of 1939

noun

  1. Any substance that absorbs.

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