adsorb

From French adsorber, from Latin ad- (“to”) + sorbeō (“suck in”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ədˈzɔːb/, /ədˈsɔːb/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)b

adsorb (third-person singular simple present adsorbs, present participle adsorbing, simple past and past participle adsorbed)

2. (transitive, physical chemistry, physics) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.

   The gas was purified by adsorbing the impurities onto active carbon.

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