adsorb

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English

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive, physical chemistry, physics) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
    The gas was purified by adsorbing the impurities onto active carbon.

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See also

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Adsorption on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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