| SORPTION | • sorption n. (Sciences) Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing. • SORPTION n. absorption and/or adsorption. |
| ABSORPTION | • absorption n. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as… • absorption n. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. • absorption n. Mental assimilation. |
| ADSORPTION | • adsorption n. The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface. • ADSORPTION n. the adhering of atoms or molecules of gases, liquids, or solutes to exposed surfaces (usually of solids). |
| DESORPTION | • desorption n. The process in which atomic or molecular species leave the surface of a solid and escape into the surroundings;… • DESORPTION n. release from an adsorbed state. |
| EXCERPTION | • excerption n. The act of excerpting or selecting. • excerption n. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. • EXCERPTION n. the act of excerpting or selecting. |
| RESORPTION | • resorption n. The act of resorbing. • resorption n. The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed. • resorption n. (Medicine) The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material. |
| DISCERPTION | • discerption n. The act of pulling or tearing something to pieces. • DISCERPTION n. the act of discerping. |
| LYOSORPTION | • LYOSORPTION n. the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp. of a solvent on suspended particles. |
| REABSORPTION | • reabsorption n. (Physics) The subsequent absorption of emitted radiation. • reabsorption n. (Physiology) The subsequent absorption of a secreted substance. • REABSORPTION n. the act of reabsorbing. |
| CHEMISORPTION | • chemisorption n. (Chemistry) the process in which a substance is adsorbed on the surface of another by means of chemical… • CHEMISORPTION n. the act of chemisorbing. |
| MALABSORPTION | • malabsorption n. The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract. • MALABSORPTION n. faulty absorption esp. of nutrient materials from the gastrointestinal tract. |