absorbancy

English

Etymology

absorbance +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/

Noun

absorbancy (plural absorbancies)

  1. (physics) Alternative form of absorbency[1][First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorbancy”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
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