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Adsorption

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Noun
  1. 1
    The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from German Adsorption, from ad- + (Ab)sorption.

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