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adsorptive

adsorptive adjective: pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.

Adjective

adsorptive (comparative more adsorptive, superlative most adsorptive)

  1. Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.

Noun

adsorptive (plural adsorptives)

  1. Any substance that adsorbs.

Antonyms of adsorptive

Forms of adsorptive

Adjective
comparativemore adsorptive
superlativemost adsorptive
Noun
pluraladsorptives

Words formed from adsorptive

Questions about adsorptive

What does adsorptive mean?
Adsorptive means pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
What part of speech is adsorptive?
Adsorptive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near adsorptive in the dictionary

  1. adsorption
  2. adsorption calorimetry
  3. adsorptional
  4. adsorptionally
  5. adsorptions
  6. adsorptive
  7. adsorptively
  8. adsorptiveness
  9. adsorptives
  10. adsorptivity
  11. adspeak

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