sorb
See also: Sorb
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the tree), sorbum (the fruit). See service tree.
Noun
sorb (plural sorbs)
- The wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis) of Europe.
- The rowan tree.
- The fruit of either of these trees.
Derived terms
- sorb-apple
Translations
wild service tree — see wild service tree
rowan tree
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Etymology 2
Ultimately from Latin sorbeo, sorbere.
Verb
sorb (third-person singular simple present sorbs, present participle sorbing, simple past and past participle sorbed)
- (chemistry) To absorb or adsorb.
- 1971, E. K. Duursma, M. G. Gross, Chapter Six: Marine Sediments and Radioactivity, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Oceanography Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment, Radioactivity in the marine environment, page 148,
- In sediments with large cation exchange capacities, as calculated from the mineral composition (Duursma and Eisma, unpublished), the radionuclides were somewhat more strongly sorbed (Figure 2).
- 2005, J. E. Barbash, The Geochemistry of Pesticides, Barbara Sherwood Lollar (editor), Treatise on Geochemistry 9: Environmental Geochemistry, Second Edition, page 548,
- The exchange of pesticide compounds between aqueous solution and the sorbed phase in soils is not instantaneous.
- 2007, Danny D. Reible, Chapter 21: Contaminant Processes in Sediments, Marcelo H. García (editor), Sedimentation Engineering: Processes, Management, Modeling, and Practice, page 966,
- The quantity sorbed is often found to be well represented by the combination of a compartment exhibiting linear, reversible sorption and a compartment that exhibits nonlinear and thermodynamic irreversib[l]e sorption.
- 1971, E. K. Duursma, M. G. Gross, Chapter Six: Marine Sediments and Radioactivity, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Oceanography Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment, Radioactivity in the marine environment, page 148,
Derived terms
- sorbed phase
- sorbability
Related terms
- sorption
Anagrams
- Bros., ORBs, bors, bros, bros., orbs, robs
Romanian
Verb
sorb
- first-person singular present indicative of sorbi
- first-person singular present subjunctive of sorbi
- third-person plural present indicative of sorbi
Etymology 2
From Latin sorbus.
Noun
sorb m (plural sorbi)
- wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis)
Etymology 3
From sorbi.
Noun
sorb n (plural sorburi)
- whirlpool
- strainer
See also
- vârtej