# absorbing element

> special type of element of a set with respect to a binary composition operation on that set which, when composed with any element of the set, results in the absorbing element itself

**Wikidata**: [Q187420](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187420)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorbing_element)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/absorbing-element


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013