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• The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance by conversion to some other form of energy.

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  absorption. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved February 8, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/absorption.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  absorption. www.weather.gov. National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/absorption (accessed: February 8, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "absorption." National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. 8 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/absorption.

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