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sorbentmore about sorbent

sorbent


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sorbent  \Sorb"ent\,  n.  [L.  sorbens,  p.  pr  of  sorbere  to  suck 
  in  to  absorb.] 
  An  absorbent.  [R.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sorbent 
  n  :  a  material  that  sorbs  another  substance;  i.e.  that  has  the 
  capacity  or  tendency  to  take  it  up  by  either  absorption 
  or  adsorption  [syn:  {sorbent  material}] 




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