That gives the leaf ample opportunity to absorb every photon of light passing through.

And again, they only absorb light at particular colors when electrons jump up and fall down, jump up and fall down.

Capacity to absorb an innovation

I was also inspired by Walt Whitman, who wanted to absorb America and have it absorb him.

Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

Would the institutions absorb any of these costs?

The supply cannot absorb the labour available in the market.

In fact, if a leaf were to absorb all that green light right at the surface, it could be at risk of taking in too much energy too quickly and suffering the botanical equivalent of sunburn.

By invisible, I mean it doesn't absorb in the electromagnetic spectrum.

It feels like it's going to absorb you into another world.

Remaining shares have been adjusted accordingly to absorb this slight revision.

Some development programmes target income generating activities to absorb the demobilized.

The amount of energy you absorb is your change in enthalpy.

Inability to absorb the nutrients at normal rate leads to sooner death

Equally important were training and the development of national capacity to absorb technology.

On the Day when the hypocritical men and hypocritical women will say to those who believed, Wait for us let us absorb some of your light. It will be said, Go back behind you, and seek light. A wall will be raised between them, in which is a door within it is mercy, and outside it is agony.

On the Day when the hypocritical men and hypocritical women will say to those who believed, Wait for us let us absorb some of your light. It will be said, Go back behind you, and seek light. A wall will be raised between them, in which is a door within it is mercy, and outside it is agony.

Well, then I guess I'm not crazy. Shall we absorb some of the local color?

Light the light.

And in these cavities, these micro cavities form, and as they fuse soils, they absorb water.

It is reprehensible that the poor are expected to absorb the cost of instabilities of production.

They accumulate in the tissue of living organisms, which absorb POPs through food, water, and air.

Natural disasters, like complex emergencies, absorb increasing amounts of global resources and set back development agendas.

It's light, too light.

A light bulb gives light.

TATlANA The light, the light.

He therefore agreed with the Advisory Committee that UNFICYP should be encouraged to absorb the cost overruns.

It is morally reprehensible that the poor are expected to absorb the cost of instabilities of production.

Suddenly, while you're asleep... they'll absorb your minds, your memories... and you're reborn into an untroubled world.

They'll absorb bullets and shrapnel... and by doing so make it possible for others to get through.

And he showed that gasses such as CO2 absorb heat, thus acting like a blanket warming Earth's surface.

His delegation concurred with the Advisory Committee that every effort should be made to absorb the requested amount.

Moreover, the inbuilt capacity to absorb and convert extraregional systemic factors can determine the strength of regional stabilization.

Neither organisation would absorb the costs of providing relevant services. Rather, they would be covered by overhead charges.

But I love that one, because that was an experiment about how much information one human brain could absorb.

In some cases, an island or group of islands may be able to absorb the likely displacement of population.

Should the resolution be adopted, it will not be possible to absorb these additional requirements of the Working Group.

Culture is a major source of protection for small island developing States to absorb the external shocks of globalization.

But I love that one, because that was an experiment about how much information one human brain could absorb.

In the case of the capture spiral, it needs to be so stretchy to absorb the impact of flying prey.

Cool roofs are highly reflective surfaces that don't absorb solar heat and pass it on to the building or atmosphere.

A good book can completely absorb your attention, to the extent that you forget your surroundings and even your existence.

Poor people tend to be more exposed to threats and are less able to absorb the shocks inherent in disasters.

They consider the CKREE subject to be so designed that it would gradually absorb their son into the Christian faith.

The Advisory Committee was informed that the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006 2007 was insufficient to absorb 31,500.