| NOUN | process | sorption | the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) |
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| Meaning | The process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption). | |
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| Narrower | absorption, soaking up | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another |
| adsorption, surface assimilation | The accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid | |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| Spanish | absorción | |
| Catalan | sorció | |
| Verbs | sorb | take up a liquid / liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption |
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