sorption
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1. the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) (noun.process)
| hyponym | : | absorption, soaking up, |
| definition | : | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | adsorption, surface assimilation, |
| definition | : | the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | sorb, take up, |
| definition | : | take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | sorb, take up, |
| definition | : | take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (verb.contact) |
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