1.
[syn: adsorbent, adsorptive, surface-assimilative]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
adsorptive \adsorptive\ adj.
1. having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to
accumulate on a surface; displaying adsorption.
[Narrower terms: chemisorptive, chemosorptive ]
{nonadsorbent
Syn: adsorbent, surface-assimilative
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
adsorptive
adj 1: having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to
accumulate on a surface [syn: adsorbent, adsorptive,
surface-assimilative] [ant: nonadsorbent,
nonadsorptive]