SURFACE ASSIMILATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surface assimilation mean? 

• SURFACE ASSIMILATION (noun)
  The noun SURFACE ASSIMILATION has 1 sense:

1. the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid

  Familiarity information: SURFACE ASSIMILATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURFACE ASSIMILATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

adsorption; surface assimilation

Hypernyms ("surface assimilation" is a kind of...):

sorption (the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surface assimilation"):

chemisorption; chemosorption (adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces)