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adsorb
verb
    adsorbed, adsorbing
    1. technical
      Said of a solid, eg charcoal, or more rarely a liquid: to accumulate a thin layer of atoms or molecules of (a solid, liquid, or gas) on its surface.
Derivative: adsorbent
adj
    Derivative: adsorption
    noun
      Etymology: 19c: from Latin sorbere to suck in.




      adsorbent
      noun
        1. A substance on whose surface adsorption takes place.


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