English Explanatory Dictionary

sorption

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

sorption sorptions

Etymology

Back-formation from absorption; representing Latin sorbeō (“to suck in”).

Related words

absorption adsorption desorption

Derived words

electrosorption enterosorption exsorption oosorption
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