HyperDic: surface_assimilation

English > 1 sense of the expression surface assimilation:
NOUNprocesssurface assimilation, adsorptionthe accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid
English > surface assimilation: 1 sense > noun 1, process
MeaningThe accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid.
Synonymadsorption
Narrowerchemisorption, chemosorptionadsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces
BroadersorptionThe process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption)
Spanishadsorción, captación
Catalanabsorció, adsorció

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