Definition of adsorb
transitive verb
: to take up and hold by adsorption
intransitive verb
: to become adsorbed
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Russia also insisted in its Paris submission that it be given the maximum potential credit for carbon adsorbed out of the atmosphere by Siberia's vast undeveloped forests.
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Russia also insisted in its Paris submission that it be given the maximum potential credit for carbon adsorbed out of the atmosphere by Siberia’s vast undeveloped forests.
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Origin and Etymology of adsorb
ad- + absorb
First Known Use: 1809
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