adsorb
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer: Charcoal will adsorb gases.
Origin of adsorb
1Other words from adsorb
- ad·sorb·a·ble, adjective
- ad·sorb·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- ad·sorb·ent, adjective, noun
- ad·sorp·tion [ad-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-], /ædˈsɔrp ʃən, -ˈzɔrp-/, noun
- ad·sorp·tive, adjective
- ad·sorp·tive·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with adsorb
- absorb, adsorb
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How to use adsorb in a sentence
The liquor is then used for goods at a less advanced stage of tanning, which again take the most adsorbable constituents.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for adsorb
/ (ədˈsɔːb, -ˈzɔːb) /
to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which a substance, usually a gas, accumulates on the surface of a solid forming a thin film, often only one molecule thick: to adsorb hydrogen on nickel; oxygen adsorbs on tungsten Compare absorb (def. 8)
Origin of adsorb
1Derived forms of adsorb
- adsorbable, adjective
- adsorbability, noun
- adsorption, noun
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