Absorption
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
(2): (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
(3): (n.) 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.
(4): (n.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
one of the great leading principles of Brahmanism. It is claimed that the last and highest kind of future after which every good man ought to aim is that his soul may be absorbed in the essence of Brahm, the supreme spirit. For a full discussion of this subject, (See Nirvana).
