osmotic pressure
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1. (physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane (noun.phenomenon)
| hyponym | : | hypertonicity, |
| definition | : | (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | hypotonicity, |
| definition | : | (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other (noun.state) |
| domain category | : | physical chemistry, |
| definition | : | the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances (noun.cognition) |
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