Imbibition

2 definitions found

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

  Imbibition \Im`bi*bi"tion\, n. [Cf. F. imbibition.]
     The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the
     post-mortem imbibition of poisons. --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  imbibition
       n 1: (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
       2: the act of consuming liquids [syn: {drinking}, {imbibing}]