#soaking_up__soakingup__absorption  (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
  supertype:  sorption  the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption)
  subtype:  imbibition  (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel

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