DESORPTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

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)