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Noun: sorption  sorp-shun
  1. The process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption)
    "Sorption of pollutants by soil particles is an important environmental process"

Derived forms: sorptions

Type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process

Encyclopedia: Sorption