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adsorbed

adsorbed is the simple past and past participle of adsorb.

Meaning of adsorb

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.

Questions about adsorbed

What is adsorbed the simple past and past participle of?
Adsorbed is the simple past and past participle of adsorb.

Words near adsorbed in the dictionary

  1. adsorbance
  2. adsorbances
  3. adsorbant
  4. adsorbate
  5. adsorbates
  6. adsorbed
  7. adsorbent
  8. adsorbents
  9. adsorber
  10. adsorbers
  11. adsorbing

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