Meaning & use
sorbing
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Taking up and holding a substance by either absorption or adsorption.
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The charcoal filter works by sorbing pollutants from the water as it passes through.
Researchers measured how quickly the clay was sorbing heavy metals from the contaminated soil.
A note on using this word
"Sorb" is a technical blend term covering both absorption and adsorption, so scientists use it when they don't want to specify which process is occurring.
Words with a similar meaning
absorbingadsorbing
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Words with an opposite meaning
desorbing
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