Glass will adsorb water readily, which is why we see a thin film of water on recently washed drinking glasses.
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Adsorb
//ədˈzɔːb//
Synonyms for "adsorb" (26 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- адсорби́рам verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Catalan
1 entries- adsorbir verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Czech
1 entries- adsorbovat verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Finnish
2 entries- adsorboida verb (to accumulate on a surface)
- pidättää verb (to accumulate on a surface)
German
1 entries- adsorbieren verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Greek
1 entries- προσροφώ verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Hungarian
3 entries- (felületen) megköt verb (to accumulate on a surface)
- (felületileg) elnyel/leköt verb (to accumulate on a surface)
- adszorbeál verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Irish
1 entries- asúigh verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Italian
1 entries- adsorbire verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Latin
1 entries- absorbere verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Polish
2 entries- adsorbować verb (to accumulate on a surface)
- zaadsorbować verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Portuguese
1 entries- adsorver verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Romanian
1 entries- adsorbi verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Russian
1 entries- адсорби́ровать verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- adsorbírati verb (to accumulate on a surface)
- адсорби́рати verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Spanish
1 entries- adsorber verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hấp phụ verb (to accumulate on a surface)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Plastics remain in the ecosystem for a long time and not only contain chemicals, but also adsorb other contaminants and accumulate them.
Source: tatoeba (10932867)
The gas was purified by adsorbing the impurities onto active carbon.
Source: wiktionary
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