Usually means: Release of adsorbed substance from surface.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. desorb: Merriam-Webster
  2. desorb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desorb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. desorb: Collins English Dictionary
  5. desorb: Vocabulary.com
  6. desorb: Wiktionary
  7. desorb: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. desorb: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. desorb: Dictionary.com
  10. Desorb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. desorb: Rhymezone
  12. desorb: FreeDictionary.org
  13. desorb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. desorb: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. desorb: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. desorb: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. desorb: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (desorb)

▸ verb:  (of a substance) To remove (or be removed) from a surface onto which it was adsorbed or through which it was absorbed

Similar:
deadsorb, disorb, desurface, resorb, deoil, abstract, dewax, desoil, wash off, debrine, more...

Opposite:
adsorb, absorb, attract

Types:
volatilize, sublime, evaporate, more...

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Similar:
deadsorb, disorb, desurface, resorb, deoil, abstract, dewax, desoil, wash off, debrine, more...

Opposite:
adsorb, absorb, attract

Types:
volatilize, sublime, evaporate, more...



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