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adsorption

ad·sorp·tion

US/ʌˈdsɔrpʃʌn/ fairly common

noun

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the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid

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Borrowed from German Adsorption, from ad- + (Ab)sorption.

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