energy-absorbing

1. 1.

   (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy

   Synonymsendoergic

Questions about energy-absorbing

What does energy-absorbing mean?

energy-absorbing means "(of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy".

How many syllables are in energy-absorbing?

energy-absorbing has 5 syllables: e-ner-gy-ab-sor-bing. The stress falls on "gy-ab".

What is another word for energy-absorbing?

Close synonyms include endoergic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is energy-absorbing a common word?

energy-absorbing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.