adsorbaten.
/adˈzɔːbeɪt/, /adˈsɔːbeɪt/, /ədˈzɔːbeɪt/, /ədˈsɔːbeɪt/, U.S. /ædˈzɔrˌbeɪt/, /ædˈsɔrˌbeɪt/ Chemistry.
The material which is adsorbed on a surface; an adsorbed substance.
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1914 Trans. Faraday Soc. 10 170 The charcoal + adsorbate loses weight till it approaches ‘saturation’ again.
1942 H. R. Rosenberg Chem. & Physiol. Vitamins 156 From concentrates obtained from the elution of adsorbates, riboflavin usually crystallizes out in clusters of fine orange-yellow needles.
1983 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 87 5316/1 Other carbonizable adsorbates (i.e., organic molecules) would be expected to react in a similar fashion.
2007 Astron. & Geophysics Feb. 31/1 Reflection absorption infra-red spectroscopy..is an infrared technique that allows the identification of adsorbates from their vibrational frequencies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1914- symmetrical difference
- symmetrical or symmetric determinant
- symmetrical osteoporosis
- symmetricality
- symmetrically
- symmetricalness
- symmetricalnesses
- symmetriccer
- symmetriccest
- symmetricer
- symmetricest
- symmetrician
- symmetries
- symmetrious
- symmetriously
- symmetrisation
- symmetrisations
- symmetrise
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- symmetrization
- symmetrizations
- symmetrize