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SURFACE-ASSIMILATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does surface-assimilative mean?
• SURFACE-ASSIMILATIVE (adjective)
The adjective SURFACE-ASSIMILATIVE has 1 sense:
1. having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
Familiarity information: SURFACE-ASSIMILATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SURFACE-ASSIMILATIVE (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
Synonyms:
adsorbent; adsorptive; surface-assimilative
Similar:
chemisorptive; chemosorptive (having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces)
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