| VERB | contact | adsorb | accumulate (liquids / liquids or gases) on the surface |
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| Meaning | accumulate (liquids / liquids or gases) on the surface. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Broader | sorb, take up | take up a liquid / liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption |
| Spanish | adsorber | |
| Adjectives | adsorbable | capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid |
| adsorbent, adsorptive | having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | |
| Nouns | adsorbent | a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance |
| adsorption | the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid | |
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