DESORPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desorption mean? 

• DESORPTION (noun)
  The noun DESORPTION has 1 sense:

1. changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state

  Familiarity information: DESORPTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESORPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("desorption" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Derivation:

desorb (remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed)

desorb (go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed)

 Context examples 

The profile of adsorption and desorption of the gas at various vacuum pressures can be used to determine the surface area of the sample.

(Gas Sorption, NCI Thesaurus)

The adsorption of the gas is measured and, subsequently, the gas is withdrawn while the desorption is measured.

(Gas Sorption, NCI Thesaurus)