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osmosis (s)
1. Diffusion of a solvent through a differentially permeable membrane from a region of low solute concentration to one of high solute concentration.
2. The diffusion of pure solvent across a membrane in response to a concentration gradient, usually from a solution of lesser to one of greater solute concentration.
3. The tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane.
Word Entries containing the term: “osmosis
electro-osmosis
1. The movement through a membrane of the solvent phase of a colloidal solution when an electric potential is applied by electrodes positioned on either side of the membrane.
2. The movement of a conductive liquid through a membrane or across immobilized colloid particles under the influence of an electric current.
electroosmosis, electro-osmosis, electroendosmosis
1. The movement of a conductive liquid through a permeable membrane or across immobilized colloid particles under the influence of an electric current.
2. The migration, under the influence of an electric field, of the liquid phase of a colloidal solution toward an electrode.
This entry is located in the following units: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 74) -osis, -sis, -sia, -sy, -se (page 13)
hypo-osmosis, hyposmosis
Decreased speed of osmosis.
This entry is located in the following unit: osmo-, osmia-, osmi-, -osmia, -osmatic (push) + (page 2)
thermo-osmosis, thermo osmosis
The movement of liquid in a porous medium due to differences in temperature.