atmolysis

American

[at-mol-uh-sis] / ætˈmɒl ə sɪs /

noun

a process for separating gases or vapors of different molecular weights by transmission through a porous substance.

atmolysis British

/ ætˈmɒlɪsɪs /

noun

a method of separating gases that depends on their differential rates of diffusion through a porous substance

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Noun Inflected Forms

atmolyses

plural

Etymology

Origin of atmolysis

First recorded in 1865–70; atmo- + -lysis

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