verb
- present participle of sorb; taking up and holding by absorption or adsorption
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- The activated carbon is sorbing the toxic gases from the air.
- Scientists studied the material’s capacity for sorbing water vapor.
- The sponge was sorbing the spilled liquid quickly.
- Researchers measured the rate of the polymer sorbing the solvent.
- The clay particles are sorbing heavy metals from the contaminated soil.
- The filter works by sorbing impurities as water passes through.