Associations to the word «Adsorbent»

Wiktionary

ADSORBENT, adjective. Tending to adsorb.
ADSORBENT, noun. The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.

Dictionary definition

ADSORBENT, noun. A material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance.
ADSORBENT, adjective. Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope