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desorb
| desorption
| desoxyribonucleic acid
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desorb
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb desorb has 2 senses
- desorb(v = verb.change) Array - go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed; Array is one way to disappear, go away, vanish
- desorb(v = verb.change) Array - remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed; "the substance was desorbed" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Derived form noun desorption1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun desorption1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
desorb, v.
1 tr. cause the release of (an adsorbed substance) from a surface.
2 intr. (of an adsorbed substance) become released.
1 tr. cause the release of (an adsorbed substance) from a surface.
2 intr. (of an adsorbed substance) become released.
Derivative
desorbent adj. & n. desorption n.
Etymology
DE-, after ADSORB
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