🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Absorção de água

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ab-sor-sao de a-gua

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Water-Uptake/ˈwɔː.tər ˈʌp.teɪk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A absorção de água é essencial para o crescimento das plantas."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process by which water is absorbed by plants or organisms.

    "The water-uptake of the roots is crucial for the plant's survival during dry seasons."
  2. 2

    The amount of water absorbed by a particular organism or system.

    "The study measured the water-uptake rates of various plant species under different environmental conditions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'water-uptake' is a compound word formed from 'water', derived from Old English 'wæter', and 'uptake', which comes from the Middle English 'uptaken', meaning to take up or absorb. The usage of the term has evolved in scientific contexts, particularly in biology and agriculture, to describe the process of absorption of water by plants or organisms.

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