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