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ADSORPTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adsorptive mean?
• ADSORPTIVE (adjective)
The adjective ADSORPTIVE has 1 sense:
1. having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
Familiarity information: ADSORPTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
Synonyms:
adsorbent; adsorptive; surface-assimilative
Similar:
chemisorptive; chemosorptive (having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces)
Derivation:
adsorb (accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface)
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