transitive To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to incorporate; to assimilate.
transitive To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. - Bacon
transitive To learn
transitive To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, '''absorbed''' in study or in the pursuit of wealth.
transitive To consume completely.
transitive To endure.
transitive physics To take up by chemical or physical action.
Ex: ''Heat, light, and electricity are '''absorbed''' in the substances into which they pass.''
transitive finance To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
TOKYO AFP — Major Japanese auto parts maker Denso Corp. has begun investigating if it can use algae to absorb carbon dioxide emissions from its factories, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Denso, part of auto giant Toyota, is looking at minute green algae called "pseudochoricystis," which can be found...
OSAKA, Japan -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI [NYSE symbol: MC]), best known for its Panasonic brand, today announced that the Company will absorb Matsushita Technoresearch, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MEI.
OSAKA, Japan -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. MEI (NYSE:MC), best known for its Panasonic brand, today announced that its Board of Directors has decided that MEI will absorb Matsushita Refrigeration Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MEI.
Feb 9, 2002 The Economist ABIX via COMTEX -- Insurance companies absorb hundreds of billion of dollars of risk through credit-risk transfer. It is generally thought that such transfers diversify risk, allocate capital more efficiently and improve bank liquidity. There is concern from some...
TREES being developed by a Japanese car giant to absorb greenhouse gases from motor vehicles could one day be grown in Britain, it was disclosed today. The genetically engineered trees are designed to remove large amounts of the carbon dioxide emitted by motor exhausts, thereby reducing the impact...
TOKYO, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - Sony Corp. (TSE:6758) said Friday that it will absorb Aiwa Co. (TSE:6761) on Dec. 1. TOKYO, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - Sony Corp. (TSE:6758) said Friday that it will absorb Aiwa Co. (TSE:6761) on Dec. 1.
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 April 2001-US DOD: DoD News Briefing -- Part 2 of 2 C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24042001 Q: I understand that there are both political and military reasons for not offering the Aegis destroyer system. Could you explain, from a...
US researchers have developed lightweight FRPs to protect persons and equipment during aircraft and ground-vehicle crashes. The structures are designed to hold their initial shape and sustain rated loads under normal operating conditions, and, during crashes, to undergo sustained deformation with high stroke efficiency...
US researchers have developed lightweight composites to protect persons and equipment during aircraft and ground-vehicle crashes. The structures are designed to hold their initial shape and sustain rated loads under normal operating conditions, and, during crashes, to undergo sustained deformation with high stroke efficiency...
By Darana Chudasri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 28--The economy would take three to four years to absorb the current level of unemployment even if economic growth reached between 6 percent and 7 percent a year, said Somchai Phagaphasvivat,...
Not so long ago, the Hudson Institute, an international public policy institute based in Minneapolis, Minn., that forecasts trends and developments, made it very clear where our complex 21st century society is heading. "In one year," it stated bluntly, "people now have to absorb an amount of information that took...
Researchers at Southern Illinois University, USA, have developed a bioactive glass that can absorb and release biomolecules. To develop the novel glass, researcher Bakul C. Dave formed an organically modified silica gel solution. Mixed with water at room temperature, the sol-gel solution hardens in...
The authors identify the extent of which firms absorb back the knowledge they invent after it is diffused and is further developed by other firms, and conceptually relate it to the rent an inventor appropriates on its discovery. Based on the appropriability indices the authors construct, it is found that...
OSAKA, Japan -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI (NYSE symbol: MC)), best known for its "Panasonic" brand, today announced that the company will absorb Matsushita Industrial Information Equipment Co., Ltd. MIIE, as announced in the November 29, 2004 press release "Reorganization and Consolidation of Industrial Equipment Business." The merger...
Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 8--Payouts on damage caused by the current floods will probably absorb at least 20 percent of property insurance premiums paid this year, industry experts say. The losses for general insurance companies could...
By Jim Parker, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 7--A state fund will absorb up to $56 million in claims in South Carolina from the insolvency of Philadelphia-based Reliance Insurance Co., one of the largest failures involving a property...
By Yuwadee Tunyasiri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 30--Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced yesterday that the government was looking to set up a mutual fund worth 100-200 billion baht to finance mass transit works and help absorb some of...
MEXICO CITY, Jun 27, 2003 (El Universal/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- The Federal Competition Commission CFC has given permission to Kansas City Southern KCS to absorb Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana TFM. Acco MEXICO CITY, Jun 27, 2003 (El Universal/Corporate Mexico by Internet...
By Phusadee Arunmas, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 17--Egg traders and producers want the government to fund the establishment of a powdered egg plant to absorb the local surplus. A preliminary study puts the cost of the plant...
Jan. 30--`LAPWARE' STILL IN ITS INFANCY: Zach Skudneski, a friend of mine, is a 1-year-old on a mission: to absorb every possible experience from the world around him. Jan. 30--`LAPWARE' STILL IN ITS INFANCY: Zach Skudneski, a friend of mine, is a 1-year-old on...
