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adsorb

/ədˈzɔːb/

adsorb verb: to accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.

Verb

adsorb (third-person singular simple present adsorbs, present participle adsorbing, simple past and past participle adsorbed)

  1. (physical, transitive) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
    • The gas was purified by adsorbing the impurities onto active carbon.

adsorb meaning in Kannada and Vietnamese

adsorb in Kannada

ಅಂಟು, ಹೊರಹೀರು

adsorb in Vietnamese

to accumulate on a surface
hấp phụ

Forms of adsorb

third-person singular presentadsorbs
present participleadsorbing
past participleadsorbed
pastadsorbed

Origin of adsorb

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

Words formed from adsorb

Words that rhyme with adsorb

Questions about adsorb

What does adsorb mean?
Adsorb means to accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
What is adsorb in Kannada?
Adsorb in Kannada is ಅಂಟು, ಹೊರಹೀರು. See Adsorb meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is adsorb?
Adsorb is a verb.
How do you pronounce adsorb?
Adsorb is pronounced /ədˈzɔːb/ (UK).
What is the past tense of adsorb?
The past tense of adsorb is adsorbed.

Words near adsorb in the dictionary

  1. Adsits
  2. ADSL
  3. ADSLs
  4. adsmith
  5. adsmiths
  6. adsorb
  7. adsorbabilities
  8. adsorbability
  9. adsorbable
  10. adsorbance
  11. adsorbances

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adsorb (page history and authors); adsorb (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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