Definitions
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- adjective Not
absorptive
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- adjective not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids)
Etymologies
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non- + absorptive
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Examples
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The handsome but understated counters are nonabsorptive and are oiled every few months, Mr. Levine said.
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64 TOM SWIFT AND HIS FLYING LAB dark, "Tom continued, as if visualizing the complete invention," but I'm going to try constructing a photometer with nonabsorptive prisms.
Tom Swift Jr And His Flying Lab Dougherty, William 1954
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