Definition of Energy-absorbing

1. Adjective. (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy.

Exact synonyms: Endoergic
Also: Endothermal, Endothermic, Heat-absorbing
Antonyms: Exoergic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Energy-absorbing

energisers
energises
energising
energization
energizations
energize
energized
energizer
energizers
energizes
energizing
energometer
energumen
energumens
energy
energy-absorbing (current term)
energy-generating resources
energy-releasing
energy-releasing(a)
energy-rich bond
energy-rich phosphates
energy-storing(a)
energy balance
energy bar
energy bubble
energy carrier
energy confinement time
energy coupling
energy crisis
energy crop

Literary usage of Energy-absorbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"... the compounds with similar formulae have the same energy-absorbing power, a result which supplies a link of a kind much needed to connect the graphic ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1893)
"Hence we have the result that, with the tingle exception of march gas, the compounds with similar formula; have the same energy-absorbing power, ..."

3. The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher (1921)
"These may be considered as of two types: (a) the vegetative pigments, which have a definite energy-absorbing role in the metabolic processes of the tissues ..."

4. The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher (1921)
"... which have a definite energy-absorbing role in the metabolic processes of the tissues which contain them, and (6) the ornamental pigments. ..."

5. Radiodynamics: The Wireless Control of Torpedoes and Other Mechanisms by Benjamin Franklin Miessner (1916)
"If the wave length be increased energy-absorbing loading inductances are necessary; if decreased, an energy-absorbing series capacity must be used. ..."

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