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ADSORBENT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance

Synonyms:

adsorbent; adsorbent material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("adsorbent" is a kind of...):

sorbent; sorbent material (a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption)

Derivation:

adsorb (accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface)

adsorbent (having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface

Synonyms:

adsorbent; adsorptive; surface-assimilative

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

chemisorptive; chemosorptive (having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces)

Antonym:

nonadsorbent (lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface)

Derivation:

adsorb (accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface)

adsorbent (a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance)

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