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adsorbent

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Capable of adsorption.
  • noun An adsorptive material, such as activated charcoal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Tending to adsorb.
  • noun The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
  • noun a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance

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Examples

  • It has adsorbent properties and is used in Kaopectate to treat diarrhea.

    UPDATED: MIA at 2009

  • Fabrics of harder-twisted yarns, other things being equal, are stronger, smoother, more elastic, more resilient, more abrasion resistant, more absorbent and adsorbent, less prone to pilling or snagging, and even more comfortable on the skin.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Fabrics of harder-twisted yarns, other things being equal, are stronger, smoother, more elastic, more resilient, more abrasion resistant, more absorbent and adsorbent, less prone to pilling or snagging, and even more comfortable on the skin.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Fabrics of harder-twisted yarns, other things being equal, are stronger, smoother, more elastic, more resilient, more abrasion resistant, more absorbent and adsorbent, less prone to pilling or snagging, and even more comfortable on the skin.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Fabrics of harder-twisted yarns, other things being equal, are stronger, smoother, more elastic, more resilient, more abrasion resistant, more absorbent and adsorbent, less prone to pilling or snagging, and even more comfortable on the skin.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • This adsorbent has been found quite as effective as the fuller's earth and it is possible to recover the vitamine from the carbon with treatment by acid.

    The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy

  • Pipeline candidates fall under major therapeutic classes such as stem cell therapy, terlipressin or vasopressin receptor agonist, anti-viral agent, immunomodulator, ammonia detoxicator and carbon adsorbent.

    unknown title 2011

  • Pipeline candidates fall under major therapeutic classes such as stem cell therapy, terlipressin or vasopressin receptor agonist, anti-viral agent, immunomodulator, ammonia detoxicator and carbon adsorbent.

    unknown title 2011

  • Port of Seattle officials put an adsorbent boom around his boat and called Knutson, as well as oil-spill response agencies as required by law.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • The main focus of Dr. Kazakevich's research is in HPLC retention mechanisms and the description of the analyte migration through the column with an emphasis on the influence of adsorbent geometry and surface chemistry.

    unknown title 2011

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