English
electroabsorption
From electro- + absorption.
A compound of electro- + absorption
Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- ‘to sip, gulp, suck (in)’
Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti ‘to be sipping, sucking’
Proto-Italic *sorβeō ‘to suck in’
Latin sorbeō ‘to suck in, drink up’
Latin absorbeō ‘to swallow down, devour’
Latin absorptiō ‘drink, beverage’
English absorption
Today it means
noun The absorption of photons at a surface by application of an electric charge.
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Etymograph / electroabsorption