osmotic pressure

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noun Physical Chemistry.

the force that a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which it cannot penetrate, when separated by it from pure solvent.

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Origin of osmotic pressure

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby osmotic pressure

osmometer, osmometry, osmoregulation, osmose, osmosis, osmotic pressure, osmous, osmund, osmunda, Osnabrück, osnaburg

How to use osmotic pressure in a sentence

In regard to the rle of heat of dilution in connection with osmotic pressure, see Bancroft, J. Phys.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
An admirable review of the theories of osmotic pressure, by Lovelace, will be found in the Am.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
It is therefore natural to look for the cause of osmotic pressure in kinetic phenomena and not in attractions.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
This term must not be confounded with the term osmotic pressure, which has been defined on p. 10.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz

We will turn now to the consideration of evidence bearing on the theory of ionization, found in the data on osmotic pressure.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz

British Dictionary definitions for osmotic pressure

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

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