Absorber

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Absorber \Ab*sorb"er\, n.
     One who, or that which, absorbs.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  absorber
       n : (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs
           radiation