Usually means: Capable of accumulating substances on surface.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. adsorptive: Merriam-Webster
  2. adsorptive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. adsorptive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. adsorptive: Vocabulary.com
  5. adsorptive: Wordnik
  6. adsorptive: Wiktionary
  7. adsorptive: Dictionary.com
  8. adsorptive: Rhymezone
  9. adsorptive: FreeDictionary.org
  10. adsorptive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. adsorptive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. adsorptive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. adsorptive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. adsorptive: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (adsorptive)

▸ adjective:  Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
▸ noun:  Any substance that adsorbs.

Similar:
adsorbent, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, surface-assimilative, adsorptional, adsorpative, absorptional, adhesional, adorative, adpositional, more...

Opposite:
desorptive, non-adsorptive, repellent

Types:
ion exchange, carbon, charcoal, zeolite, activated carbon, adsorption, more...

Adjectives:
more, less, liquid, high, highly, strong, remarkable

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Similar:
adsorbent, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, surface-assimilative, adsorptional, adsorpative, absorptional, adhesional, adorative, adpositional, more...

Opposite:
desorptive, non-adsorptive, repellent

Types:
ion exchange, carbon, charcoal, zeolite, activated carbon, adsorption, more...

Adjectives:
more, less, liquid, high, highly, strong, remarkable



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