DESORPTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("desorption" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Derivation:

desorb (remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed)

desorb (go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed)

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