osmotic
Americanadjective
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They also calculated an "effective osmotic pressure" for this process, which turned out to be much lower than predictions based on bubble size and surface tension alone.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
"A lot of the learning at the beginning here is kind of osmotic," said Adam.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
Researchers in ACS Energy Letters report creating a semipermeable membrane that harvests osmotic energy from salt gradients and converts it to electricity.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
When taken at levels beyond their recommended amounts, osmotic laxatives can also affect the balance of electrolytes—they strip the body of the essentials it needs to function.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 1, 2023
When the dissolved molecules are uniformly distributed, the osmotic pressure will be the same everywhere throughout the solution, but, if the concentration vary from point to point, the pressure will vary also.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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