adsorb

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From French, from Latin ad- (to), + sorbere (suck in).

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Infinitive
to adsorb

Third person singular
adsorbs

Simple past
adsorbed

Past participle
adsorbed

Present participle
adsorbing

to adsorb (third-person singular simple present adsorbs, present participle adsorbing, simple past and past participle adsorbed)

  1. (transitive, chemistry) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption

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