Crossword clues for adsorbent
Wiktionary
adsorbent
Tending to adsor
n. The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.
WordNet
adsorbent
adj. having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface [syn: adsorptive, surface-assimilative] [ant: nonadsorbent]
adsorbent
n. a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance [syn: adsorbent material]
Usage examples of "adsorbent".
Because of "an unusual amount of aqueous vapor," wrote Seo Takeshi of Kyoto University's Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, "the adsorbent capacity of the cartridges must have been rapidly minimized.