absorption

Noun

• the mental state of being preoccupied by something

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

• the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

• (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
  • the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules
    

• (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  preoccupation , preoccupancy , engrossment , concentration , immersion , assimilation , soaking up