Crossword clues for adsorb
adsorb
- Condense, in a way
- Accumulate on a surface, as a dissolved substance
- Condense on a surface, in chemistry
- Gather on a surface, chemically
- Condense on a surface, chemically
- Accumulate on the surface, like molecules
- Accumulate gases on the surface
- Stick to a surface
- Gather chemically in a thin layer
- Collect in condensed form
- Accumulate, chemically
- Gather on the surface, chemically
- Gather in a thin layer of molecules
- Act on like a carbon filter
- Gather on a surface, in chemistry
- Gather in a condensed layer
- What charcoal does
- Collect in condensed form, as gases
- Collect on a surface, as a gas
- Collect condensed gas on a surface
- Collect liquid in condensed form
The Collaborative International Dictionary
adsorb \ad*sorb"\ v. t. to attract and bind (molecules of a substance in a fluid) so as to form a thin layer on the surface, by non-electrostatic forces; to bind by adsorption. Distinguished from absorb, in which the foreign substance penetrates the body of the absorbing material.
Syn: surface assimilation
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive chemistry English) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption
WordNet
v. accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
Usage examples of "adsorb".
Her eyes swept the scene before her, adsorbed greedily its every detail, then rested on the orchard to the right.
This material was another strictly non-Mesklinite product, a piece of molecular architecture vaguely analogous to zeolite in structure, which adsorbed hydrogen on the inner walls of its structural channels and, within a wide temperature range, maintained an equilibrium partial pressure with the gas which was compatible with Mesklinite metabolic needs.
It is adsorbed, apparently, on all the cell surfaces in the body, foreign bacteria included, and seals them from chemical influence.
LEED will not yield significant results unless the surface is scrupulously clean and free from adsorbed gas.
She had found four species that adsorbed heavy metals, and two that absorbed dissolved silicates and fixed them into their rigid stalks.
For a moment the insides of his eyeplates fogged, quickly adsorbed by the semi-porous plastic.
But a simpler interpretation of the data suggests it to have been a purely physical effect caused by DDT particles adsorbing to the outside surfaces of the algae and cutting down the light supply.
Her eyes swept the scene before her, adsorbed greedily its every detail, then rested on the orchard to the right.
He jabbed at the back of her finger with a needle, squeezed out a drop of blood, adsorbed it on a sheet of filter paper and placed it in a labelled envelope.