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osmotic pressure
noun
- the force that a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which it cannot penetrate, when separated by it from pure solvent.
osmotic pressure
noun
- the pressure necessary to prevent osmosis into a given solution when the solution is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane
Word History and Origins
Origin of osmotic pressure1
Example Sentences
Variables that could affect the viability of the viral membrane could include changes in osmotic pressure, evaporation rates, and pH, Shaman says.
It is just human population diffusing by osmotic pressure.
Low levels can be insufficient to modulate blood flow or osmotic pressure, while excessively high levels can have a negative restrictive effect on blood low.
Companies may be dealing with the “osmotic pressure of cash” in their wallets, as CLSA’s Nicholas Smith puts it.
Apply sufficient physical pressure to the brine, though, to overcome the osmotic pressure, and H2O will go the other way—which is a neat trick if you want to desalinate seawater.
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