Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to or characterized by osmose: as, osmotic force.
- noun Same as
osmogene .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or having the property of, osmosis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
osmosis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to osmosis
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Examples
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The reason is that these types of liquids have what is called osmotic action, meaning that they draw liquid out of mucous membranes and help shrink swelling, thereby easing discomfort.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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The reason is that these types of liquids have what is called osmotic action, meaning that they draw liquid out of mucous membranes and help shrink swelling, thereby easing discomfort.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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Theoretically, however, differences in osmotic pressure, surface tension, electrical potential, and so on, offer the same possibility of developing work; and consequently any chemical process whatever that takes place
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The technology is also referred to as osmotic power because it relies on osmosis - the tendency of water to move from one side of a porous divider to the other to even out the salt concentration on either side.
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The new energy I learned about is called osmotic energy.
Maria Energia 2008
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that predicts so-called osmotic power - which is generated in the salt to fresh water conversion process - could provide thousands of terawatts of baseload electricity around the globe.
Resources | ZDNet 2010
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Let’s make another digression to flesh out the idea of osmotic pressure, which is one of the most important forces acting in the human body.
Dietary protein, serum albumin and health | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Revenues generated by the carbon tax ($50 per ton) can finance some innovative technologies such as osmotic energy.
The Guardian World News Marion Tanguy 2010
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The appeal of The Mysteries, Abraham suggests, is that it takes "a narrative that almost everyone knows" - a group of stories embedded in us by what he calls "a kind of osmotic knowledge", and refreshes it.
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Maternal colloid osmotic pressure after fetal surgery.
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation publications 2010
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