noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: surface assimilation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sorption
Narrower terms: chemisorption, chemosorption
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Adsorption, from ad- + (Ab)sorption.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
পরিশোষণ
(poriśōśon)
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Bulgarian:
адсо́рбция
(adsórbcija)
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Catalan:
adsorció
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Chinese Mandarin:
吸附
(xīfù)
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Estonian:
adsorptsioon
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Finnish:
adsorptio
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
French:
adsorption
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
German:
Adsorption
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Greek:
προσρόφηση
(prosrófisi)
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Hindi:
अधिशोषण
(adhiśoṣaṇ)
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Hungarian:
adszorpció
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Indonesian:
penjerapan
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Indonesian:
adsorpsi
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Irish:
asú
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Irish:
asúchán
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Italian:
adsorbimento
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Japanese:
吸着
(kyūchaku)
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Malayalam:
അധിശോഷണം
(adhiśōṣaṇaṁ)
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Polish:
adsorpcja
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Portuguese:
adsorção
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Russian:
адсо́рбция
(adsórbcija)
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Serbo-Croatian:
адсо̀рпција
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Serbo-Croatian:
adsòrpcija
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Spanish:
adsorción
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Swedish:
adsorption
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Turkish:
adsorpsiyon
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
Vietnamese:
hấp phụ
— process of forming a film on the surface of a solid
