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Etymology

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Alternative form of assorbire, from Latin adsorbēre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ad.sorˈbi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ad‧sor‧bì‧re

Verb

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adsorbìre (first-person singular present adsòrbo or adsorbìsco, first-person singular past historic adsorbìi, past participle adsorbìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, physical chemistry, physics) adsorb (to accumulate on a surface, by adsorption)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • adsorbire in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • adsorbire in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • adsorbìre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • adsorbire in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • adsorbire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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