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English noun: reverse osmosis | |||
| 1. | reverse osmosis (process) (chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for natural osmosis when it is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure greater than the osmotic pressure | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | osmosis | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
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