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What (who) is Imbibing - definition

THE TAKING UP OF FLUID BY A COLLOIDAL SYSTEM RESULTING IN SWELLING
Imbibing capacity; Imbibitional pressure; Water imbibition
  • apricot]] seed, dry (l) & imbibed (r)

Imbibing      
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Imbibe.
Imbibition         
Imbibition is a special type of diffusion that takes place when liquid is absorbed by solids-colloids causing an increase in volume. Water surface potential movement takes place along a concentration gradient; some dry materials absorb water.
Imbibition         
·noun The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.

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Imbibition

Imbibition is a special type of diffusion that takes place when liquid is absorbed by solids-colloids causing an increase in volume. Water surface potential movement takes place along a concentration gradient; some dry materials absorb water. A gradient between the absorbent and the liquid is essential for imbibition. For a substance to imbibe a liquid, there must first be some attraction between them. Imbibition occurs when a wetting fluid displaces a non-wetting fluid, the opposite of drainage in which a non-wetting phase displaces the wetting fluid. The two processes are governed by different mechanisms. Imbibition is also a type of diffusion since water movement is along the concentration gradient. Seeds and other such materials have almost no water hence they absorb water easily. Water potential gradient between the absorbent and liquid imbibed is essential for imbibition.

Examples of use of Imbibing
1. But what athletes should really be imbibing after their exertions is a glass of milk.
2. "I am happy that he‘s imbibing our cultural values in a fun way.
3. Critics conjure up the nightmare prospect of Brave New World and its soma–imbibing placid citizens.
4. It‘s rather more likely, I concede, that the thugs in question had been imbibing lager than the Telegraph comment pages.
5. The stress that had awakened me evaporated as I relaxed into not fighting evil but instead imbibing Truth.