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Adsorb

//ədˈzɔːb// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption. physical, transitive

    "The gas was purified by adsorbing the impurities onto active carbon."

  2. 2
    accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface wordnet

Etymology

From French adsorber, from Latin ad- (“to”) + sorbeō (“suck in”).

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