Definition of "heat-absorbing" [heat-absorbing]

• (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "This conjecture has mistakenly focused on specifically light-absorbing gases, however, ignoring heat-absorbing gases altogether."
• "Solar panels will act like any heat-absorbing materials (such as pavement and buildings in cities): they will increase local temperatures."
• "The other is the effect of soot from the millions of wood and coal-burning stoves in India and China and the combustion of diesel fuel and coal, which is turning the surface of the Himalayan glaciers into heat-absorbing, rather than heat-reflecting, landforms, only further accelerating the warming process."