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English 1 sense of the word sorption:
NOUNprocesssorptionthe process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption)
Englishsorption: 1 sense noun 1, process
MeaningThe process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption).
Narrowerabsorption, soaking up(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another
adsorption, surface assimilationThe accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid
Broadernatural process, natural action, action, activityA process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
Spanishabsorción
Catalansorció
Verbssorbtake up a liquid / liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

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