osmotic pressure
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(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
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- pressure hypernym
- hypertonicity hyponym
- hypotonicity hyponym
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- physical chemistry domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physical chemistry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pressure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypertonicity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypotonicity |