Verb: desorb dee'sorb
- (chemistry) remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
"the substance was desorbed"
- (chemistry) go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
"The gas molecules desorbed from the catalyst surface"
Derived forms: desorbed, desorbing, desorbs
Type of: disappear, go away, remove, take, take away, vanish, withdraw
Encyclopedia: Desorb