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sorption

sorption noun: either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing.

Noun

sorption (countable and uncountable, plural sorptions)

  1. Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing.

sorption meaning in Tamil and Kannada

sorption in Tamil

குடித்தல்

sorption in Kannada

ಶೋಷಣೆ, ಆಕೃಷ್ಟ ಶೋಷಣೆ

Forms of sorption

pluralsorptions

Origin of sorption

Back-formation from absorption; representing Latin sorbeō (“to suck in”).

Words formed from sorption

Questions about sorption

What does sorption mean?
Sorption means either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing.
What is sorption in Tamil?
Sorption in Tamil is குடித்தல். See Sorption meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sorption?
Sorption is a noun.
What is the plural of sorption?
The plural of sorption is sorptions.

Words near sorption in the dictionary

  1. sorosite
  2. sorostitute
  3. sorostitutes
  4. sorosus
  5. sorpotel
  6. sorption
  7. sorptions
  8. sorptive
  9. sorptivity
  10. sorptometer
  11. sorptometers

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

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