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Definitions
take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the tree), sorbum (the fruit). See service tree.
Used in a sentence
“The exchange of pesticide compounds between aqueous solution and the sorbed phase in soils is not instantaneous.”
“The quantity sorbed is often found to be well represented by the combination of a compartment exhibiting linear, reversible sorption and a compartment that exhibits nonlinear and thermodynamic irreversib[l]e sorption.”
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