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sorbing

sorbing is the present participle and gerund of sorb.

Meaning of sorb

Verb

sorb (third-person singular simple present sorbs, present participle sorbing, simple past and past participle sorbed)

  1. To absorb or adsorb.
    • In sediments with large cation exchange capacities, as calculated from the mineral composition (Duursma and Eisma, unpublished), the radionuclides were somewhat more strongly sorbed (Figure 2).1971, E. K. Duursma, M. G. Gross, Chapter Six: Marine Sediments and Radioactivity, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Oceanography Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment...

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Noun

sorbing (uncountable)

  1. absorption or adsorption

Questions about sorbing

What does sorbing mean?
Sorbing means absorption or adsorption.
What is sorbing the present participle and gerund of?
Sorbing is the present participle and gerund of sorb.
What part of speech is sorbing?
Sorbing is a noun.

Words near sorbing in the dictionary

  1. sorbicillinoids
  2. sorbierite
  3. sorbile
  4. sorbin
  5. sorbine
  6. sorbing
  7. sorbinil
  8. sorbinose
  9. sorbinoses
  10. Sorbish
  11. sorbital

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