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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

elution
    n 1: the process of extracting one material from another by
         washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an
         adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to
         remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions