Sorbet vs Sorbed - What's the difference?
sorbet | sorbed |
Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, used as dessert or between courses of a meal.
(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 ,
As a noun sorbet
is sherbet (sweet fruit juice, a popular drink in the middle east and indian subcontinent).As a verb sorbed is
(sorb).sorbet
English
Noun
(en noun)- After dinner we had an orange sorbet that was very refreshing.
Synonyms
* ice * Italian iceAnagrams
* ----sorbed
English
Verb
(head)sorb
English
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- In sediments with large cation exchange capacities, as calculated from the mineral composition (Duursma and Eisma, unpublished), the radionuclides were somewhat more strongly sorbed (Figure 2).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.
