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chemisorb

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chem⋅i⋅sorb

[kem-uh-sawrb, -zawrb]
–verb (used with object) Chemistry.
to take up by chemisorption.

Origin:
1930–35; chemi- + (ad)sorb
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chem·i·sorb   (kěm'ĭ-sôrb')   
tr.v.   chem·i·sorbed also chem·o·sorbed, chem·i·sorb·ing also chem·o·sorb·ing, chem·i·sorbs also chem·o·sorbs
To take up and chemically bind (a substance) onto the surface of another substance.

[Alteration of chemo- + (ab)sorb.]
chem'i·sorp'tion (-sôrp'shən) n.
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