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absorb

[əb′sȯrb]

(chemistry)

To take up a substance in bulk.

(electromagnetism)

To take up energy from radiation.

(physics)

To take up matter or radiation.

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He said temporary teachers were absorbed in line with the database of unemployed graduate teachers.

Dept absorbs temporary teachers - Arone

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) management on Wednesday issued a notification saying that the employees who came on deputation or on contract basis and were later absorbed and regularised respectively have to appear before a committee constituted as per the directions of the Supreme Court (SC).

Pims employees asked to prove regularisation was legal before committee formed by SC

According to them, for the past ten years since the school was established, conscious efforts were made to get it absorbed into the public system, but were not successful, a development which compelled the chiefs to levy members of the catchment communities for the payment of the teachers.

Adaklu chiefs want gov't to absorb local SHS

In operation, the sensor measures the amount of red and infrared light received by the detector and calculates the amount absorbed. Much of it is absorbed by tissue, bone and venous blood, but these amounts do not change dramatically over short periods of time.

How A Blood Oxygenation Sensor Works

It was noted that the rate of absorbed dose increased with the increase in the field size and decreased with the increase in depths.

Radiation absorbed dose for cobalt-60 gamma source in phantoms for different materials

Once the plant has absorbed a significant amount of metal, they can also be harvested for their commercially valuable contents.

Newly discovered plant species can absorb nickel without poisoning itself

It would provide enough support to prevent the artery from closing up and supply a drug coating that would prevent scar formation, but have the added benefit of being absorbed by the body within about a year so there wouldn't be a long-term risk of blood-clot formation.

Artery implant is hailed; UMass Med uses device, 1st in state

Oil absorbency (g/g) = Weight of absorbed oil in sample/Weight of sample before oil absorption

Synthesis and properties of novel high oil-absorbing resin based on poly(ethylene-propylene-diene/[alpha]-methylstyrene/itaconic acid)

It provides transient support to the vessel wall to prevent recoil and is absorbed by the body over a period of two years.

Bioabsorbable stents are the new wave of stents which are here to stay

Nelsons has addressed that issue with its Spatone pur-Absorb Iron supplement, which the company says has a clinically proven high absorption rate, meeting the body's daily absorbed iron needs with a lower dose of iron.