n. [ Osmose + root of Gr.
n. [ Osmose + -graph. ] (Physics) An instrument for recording the height of the liquid in an endosmometer or for registering osmotic pressures. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gr.
n. (Physics) The study of osmosis by means of the osmometer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, equiv. to &unr_; impulse, fr. &unr_; to push. ] (Chemical Physics)
Electric osmose,
Electric endosmose
n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
a. Pertaining to, or having the property of, osmosis;
n. (Physical Chemistry) The pressure which a solution of a substance in a liquid exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which the solvent can diffuse but the dissolved substance (the solute) cannot diffuse, when separated across the membrane from the pure solvent. In general, the osmotic pressure will depend almost proportionally up to certain concentrations upon the molal concentration of the solute. [ PJC ]