Definitions for "Uptake"
Keywords:  boiler, smokestack, flue, smoke, gases
The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
The duct that leads the flue gases of a marine boiler to the base of the funnel.
A sheet metal conduit connecting the boiler smoke box with the base of the smoke stack. It conveys the smoke and hot gases from the boiler to the stack and should be made double thickness with an air space between to prevent radiation.
The absorption by a tissue of some substance and its permanent or temporary retention.
The process of phytoplankton of actively absorbing nutrients from the surrounding water column.
Entry of a substance into the body, into an organ, into a tissue, into a cell, or into the body fluids by passage through a membrane or by other means. PARTIAL SYNONYM absorption. No entries
Understanding; apprehension.
Keywords:  napkins, prenatal, pregnant, take, hiv
To take into the hand; to take up; to help.
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with greater uptake of liquids"
The addition of carbon to a pool. A similar term is "sequestration".