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English noun: osmotic pressure | |||
| 1. | osmotic pressure (phenomenon) (physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force per unit area, pressure, pressure level | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hypertonicity, hypotonicity | ||
| Domain category | physical chemistry | ||
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