"desorption" meaning in All languages combined

See desorption on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-desorption.wav [US] Forms: desorptions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} desorption (usually uncountable, plural desorptions)
  1. The process in which atomic or molecular species leave the surface of a solid and escape into the surroundings; the reverse of absorption or adsorption. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: elution Derived forms: photodesorption, thermal desorption, thermodesorption Related terms: deabsorb, deadsorb, desorb, sorption Translations (Translations): désorption [feminine] (French)

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