What does "sorption" mean?

Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing.

What is a synonym for "sorption"?

Common synonyms include: absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption, assimilation.

noun

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Noun

1
Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing. countable, uncountable
2
the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) wordnet

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