Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Mental assimilation.
The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
assimilation; incorporation.
The tendency to focus one's attention on one specific idea or viewpoint, to the exclusion of everything else.
A restricted field of vision as the result of looking through some type of object or a medical condition.