sorption

See also: Sorption

English

Etymology

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

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Noun

sorption (countable and uncountable, plural sorptions)

1. (sciences) Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing.

Related terms

• absorption
• adsorption
• desorption

 

Translations

process of either absorption or adsorption

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸着 (zh) (xīzhuó)

• Estonian: sorptsioon
• Finnish: sorptio
• French: sorption (fr) f
• German: Sorption f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сорпција f

  Roman: sorpcija (sh) f

Anagrams

• portions, positron

French

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Noun

sorption f (plural sorptions)

1. sorption