Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An absorbent.
- noun Imp. Dict.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare An absorbent.
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- noun sciences A
substance that canenable sorption .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
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Examples
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Mark Salt, a BP spokesman based in Houston, Texas, said the company is using something called sorbent boom, which is made of materials that attract oil, but repel water.
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The researchers also added a special 'sorbent' material to trap all the carbon dioxide produced, leaving them with pure hydrogen gas.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Each will earn at least $1,200 (£875) a day - the amount depending on the size of their boat - to lay down and collect "sorbent" booms that will soak up oil on the water.
Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010
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The researchers also added a special 'sorbent' material to trap all the carbon dioxide produced, leaving them with pure hydrogen gas.
Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2010
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Each will earn at least $1,200 (£875) a day - the amount depending on the size of their boat - to lay down and collect "sorbent" booms that will soak up oil on the water.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"The sorbent in the process removes all the uremic toxins and all the electrolytes," Dr. Ku said.
Awak to Give Dialysis Patients Freedom Emily Veach 2011
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It is useful as a rapid protection boom, but not a sorbent boom.
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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Hard boom is being cleaned of oil by wiping it down at staging areas, and sorbent boom is being squeezed to remove oil.
Susan Buchanan: Spill Waste Buried in Local Landfills But Not in Mississippi 2010
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Hard boom is being cleaned of oil by wiping it down at staging areas, and sorbent boom is being squeezed to remove oil.
Susan Buchanan: Spill Waste Buried in Local Landfills But Not in Mississippi 2010
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And we deployed more than 3 million feet of hard and sorbent boom, including an additional 100,000 just yesterday for these parishes in Louisiana that face the greatest threat.
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