adsorbent

English

Adjective

adsorbent (comparative more adsorbent, superlative most adsorbent)

1. Tending to adsorb.

Antonyms

• nonadsorbent

Derived terms

• bioadsorbent
• coadsorbent
• hemoadsorbent
• immunoadsorbent
• nonadsorbent

 

Noun

adsorbent (plural adsorbents)

2. The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.

Translations

substance on which the adsorbate accumulates

• Bulgarian: адсорбе́нт m (adsorbént)
• Finnish: adsorbentti
• French: adsorbant (fr) m
• Indonesian: absorben (id)
• Polish: adsorbent (pl) m
• Portuguese: adsorvente m

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: adsorbe, adsorbes

Verb

adsorbent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of adsorber

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English adsorbent, from Latin ad- + sorbeō. First attested in 1910.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈsɔr.bɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrbɛnt
• Syllabification: ad‧sor‧bent

Noun

adsorbent m inan

1. (chemistry, physics) adsorbent (the solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates)

   adsorbent mikroporowaty ― microporous adsorbent

   powierzchnia adsorbentu ― the surface of an adsorbent

Declension

Declension of adsorbent

	singular	plural
nominative	adsorbent	adsorbenty
genitive	adsorbentu	adsorbentów
dative	adsorbentowi	adsorbentom
accusative	adsorbent	adsorbenty
instrumental	adsorbentem	adsorbentami
locative	adsorbencie	adsorbentach
vocative	adsorbencie	adsorbenty

Related terms

adjectives

• adsorbowalny
• adsorpcyjny

 

adverb

• adsorpcyjnie

 

nouns

• adsorbat
• adsorber
• adsorpcja
• adsorpcyjność

 

verbs

• adsorbować impf, zaadsorbować pf, (obsolete) zadsorbować pf

 

See also

• absorbent

Further reading

• adsorbent in Polish dictionaries at PWN