The phrase "absorbed against" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning.
It could potentially be used in a context where something is being absorbed in opposition to something else, but clarity is essential.
Example: "The material was absorbed against the surface, preventing any leakage."
Alternatives: "absorbed by" or "taken in by".
In the early part of his career, Green had blended the church music he'd grown up singing and the secular styles he absorbed against his father's wishes by incorporating overt gospel tracks alongside ballads and love songs on his albums.
The current efficiency for hydrogen absorption was obtained from the amount of hydrogen absorbed against the cathodic charge applied at various conditions of polarization current, polarization time, temperature and pH of the solution.
The loss of George North – expected to make another trip to the specialist next week to determine if it is advisable for him to play again this season following a series of well-publicised concussions – has not helped either but the pounding Saracens absorbed against Clermont last week will take some overcoming.
After bleeding, sera were absorbed against GST.
Briefly, rabbits were immunized with the pT149 peptide (DGKpTKIATPRGAAC) or pT153 peptide (DGKTKIApTPRGAAC), affinity purified with the same peptide, and negatively absorbed against the non-phosphorylated peptide (DGKTKIATPRGAAC).
All secondary antibodies were pre-absorbed against rat serum.
Firstly, IgG (anti-NTS-DBL1α, anti-NTS-DBL1α-CIDR1γ, anti-DBL3ε anti-DBL4δBL4δ) were pre-absorbed against NTS-DBL1α-sepharose and then used to detect recombinant NTS-DBL1α, spotted onto nitrocellulose.
All reagents were pre-absorbed against a pool of normal canine erythrocytes.
Anti-sera were pre-absorbed against thioredoxin and affinity purified using proteins covalently coupled to Sulfolink (Pierce).
In the rat LRRK2-KO, some IgG cross-reactivity was observed, even when an anti-mouse secondary antibody pre-absorbed against rat IgG was used.
If my country were to be absorbed into another against the wishes of the majority well, we have the right to self-defense".
