Word.ws English Dictionary

adsorption

adsorption noun: the adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.

Noun

adsorption (countable and uncountable, plural adsorptions)

  1. The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.

adsorption meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

adsorption in Hindi

process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
अधिशोषण adhiśoṣaṇ

adsorption in Tamil

மேன்மட்டவொட்டல், புறக்கவாதல், பரப்புக் கவர்ச்சி, புறக்கவாச்சி, புறத்துறிஞ்சல், பரப்பு ஒட்டல்

adsorption in Bengali

process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
পরিশোষণ poriśōśon

adsorption in Malayalam

process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
അധിശോഷണം adhiśōṣaṇaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
adsorption in Kannada
ಹೊರಹೀರಿಕೆ, ಅಂಟುವಿಕೆ, ಮೆತ್ತುವಿಕೆ
adsorption in Indonesian
penjerapan, adsorpsi
adsorption in Vietnamese
hấp phụ

Antonyms of adsorption

Forms of adsorption

pluraladsorptions

Origin of adsorption

Borrowed from German Adsorption, from ad- + (Ab)sorption.

Words formed from adsorption

Questions about adsorption

What does adsorption mean?
Adsorption means the adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
What is adsorption in Hindi?
Adsorption in Hindi is अधिशोषण (adhiśoṣaṇ). See Adsorption meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is adsorption?
Adsorption is a noun.
What is the plural of adsorption?
The plural of adsorption is adsorptions.

Words near adsorption in the dictionary

  1. adsorp
  2. adsorpative
  3. adsorped
  4. adsorping
  5. adsorps
  6. adsorption
  7. adsorption calorimetry
  8. adsorptional
  9. adsorptionally
  10. adsorptions
  11. adsorptive

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: adsorption (page history and authors); adsorption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adsorption (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-adsorption.wav.

Cite this entry: “adsorption.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/adsorption. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.