adsorb

adsorb

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ədˈzɔːb/, /ədˈsɔːb/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)b

Verb

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

1. (transitive, chemistry) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption

Derived terms

• adsorbed
• adsorption
• deadsorb
• readsorb

Related terms

• absorb

Translations

to accumulate on a surface

Bulgarian: адсорбирам (bg) (adsorbiram) Catalan: adsorbir Czech: adsorbovat Finnish: pidättää (fi), adsorboida (fi) German: adsorbieren (de) Irish: asúigh Italian: adsorbire (it)

Latin: absorbere Portuguese: adsorver (pt) Russian: адсорби́ровать (ru) (adsorbírovatʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: адсорби́рати Roman: adsorbírati (sh) Spanish: adsorber (es)

See also

Adsorption on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• B roads, Bardos, Boards, Bordas, Broads, Brodas, abords, adorbs, bardos, boards, broads, dobras