Sorbed vs Sorted - What's the difference?
sorbed | sorted |
(sorb)
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The wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis ) of Europe.
The rowan tree.
The fruit of either of these trees.
(chemistry) To absorb or adsorb.
* 1971 , E. K. Duursma, M. G. Gross, Chapter Six: Marine Sediments and Radioactivity'', National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Oceanography Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment, ''Radioactivity in the marine environment ,
* 2005 , J. E. Barbash, The Geochemistry of Pesticides'', Barbara Sherwood Lollar (editor), ''Treatise on Geochemistry 9: Environmental Geochemistry , Second Edition,
* 2007 , Danny D. Reible, Chapter 21: Contaminant Processes in Sediments'', Marcelo H. García (editor), ''Sedimentation Engineering: Processes, Management, Modeling, and Practice ,
(sort)
Put into some order by sorting.
In good order, under control.
In possession of a sufficient supply, especially of narcotics.
A general expression of approval.
As verbs the difference between sorbed and sorted
is that sorbed is (sorb) while sorted is (sort).As an adjective sorted is
put into some order by sorting.As an interjection sorted is
a general expression of approval.sorbed
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Verb
(head)sorb
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* sorb-appleVerb
(en verb)page 148,
- In sediments with large cation exchange capacities, as calculated from the mineral composition (Duursma and Eisma, unpublished), the radionuclides were somewhat more strongly sorbed (Figure 2).
page 548,
- The exchange of pesticide compounds between aqueous solution and the sorbed phase in soils is not instantaneous.
page 966,
- The quantity sorbed is often found to be well represented by the combination of a compartment exhibiting linear, reversible sorption and a compartment that exhibits nonlinear and thermodynamic irreversib[l]e sorption.
Derived terms
* sorbed phaseAnagrams
* * * ----sorted
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- a sorted list of numbers
- I have to get my life sorted .
- Sorted for E's & Wizz'' (''song and album by UK band )