Meaning | take up a liquid / liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
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Synonym | take up |
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Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
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Narrower | absorb | Become imbued |
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adsorb | accumulate (liquids / liquids or gases) on the surface |
chemisorb | take up a substance by chemisorption |
Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
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Nouns | sorbent | a material that sorbs another substance |
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sorption | the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) |