osmotic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Calculations based on osmotic pressure suggest that foam would need to be about a meter tall before liquid begins to drain.
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
"Our work brings together the strengths of two main approaches to osmotic energy harvesting: polymer membranes, which inspire our high-porosity architecture; and nanofluidic devices, which we use to define highly charged nanopores," says Radenovic.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
"A lot of the learning at the beginning here is kind of osmotic," said Adam.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
It’s an osmotic laxative: it works by attracting water molecules to the colon, causing more-watery stool to form.
From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2023
Colloidal solutions possess only a very feeble osmotic pressure.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
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