different between adsorption vs occlusion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Adsorption, from ad- +? (Ab)sorption.

Noun

adsorption (countable and uncountable, plural adsorptions)

1. The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with absorption.

Antonyms

• desorption

Translations

See also

• absorption
• sorption

Anagrams

• prostanoid

Finnish

Noun

adsorption

1. Genitive singular form of adsorptio.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

adsorption f (plural adsorptions)

1. adsorption

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin occl?si?, occl?si?nis (“occluding, obstruction”), from the Classical Latin occl?d? (“I shut up or close up; I restrain”), from ob + claud? (“I shut or close”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

occlusion (countable and uncountable, plural occlusions)

1. The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
2. (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
3. (medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
4. (meteorology) An occluded front.
5. (phonology) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
6. (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
7. (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occl?si?, occl?si?nem (“occluding", "obstruction”), from the Classical Latin occl?d? (“I shut up or close up”, “I restrain”), from ob + claud? (“I shut or close”).

Pronunciation

Noun

occlusion f (plural occlusions)

1. occlusion

Derived terms

• rectocclusion

Related terms

• occlure

Further reading

• “occlusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).