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osmotic pressure

Syllabification: (os·mot·ic pres·sure)
Pronunciation: /äzˈmätik/

Definition of osmotic pressure

noun

Chemistry
  • the pressure that would have to be applied to a pure solvent to prevent it from passing into a given solution by osmosis, often used to express the concentration of the solution.

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