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Definition of Adsorptive
1. Adjective. Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface.
Similar to: Chemisorptive, Chemosorptive
Derivative terms: Adsorb, Adsorbent, Adsorb
Antonyms: Nonadsorbent
Definition of Adsorptive
1. Adjective. Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adsorptive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adsorptive
Literary usage of Adsorptive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Venom of Heloderma by Leo Loeb (1913)
"In a preliminary manner we may arrange the organs (liver and kidney) of various
species of animals in the order of their decreasing adsorptive power for ..."
2. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"We need, therefore, to investigate sands with respect to their adsorptive powers.
There is little question that the differences in efficiencies of different ..."
3. Soils, Their Properties and Management by Thomas Lyttleton Lyon, Elmer Otterbein Fippin, Harry Oliver Buckman (1915)
"Again, colloids exert adsorptive power for material existing in the soil water,
... This adsorptive power is exerted especially on the basic materials, ..."
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