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adsorbing

adsorbing is the present participle and gerund 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 adsorbing

What is adsorbing the present participle and gerund of?
Adsorbing is the present participle and gerund of adsorb.

Words near adsorbing in the dictionary

  1. adsorbed
  2. adsorbent
  3. adsorbents
  4. adsorber
  5. adsorbers
  6. adsorbing
  7. adsorboluminescence
  8. adsorbs
  9. adsorbtion
  10. adsorp
  11. adsorpative

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