osmotic

[ US /ɑzˈmɑtək/ ]
[ UK /ɒzmˈɒtɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to osmosis
    osmotic pressure
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How To Use osmotic In A Sentence

  • (Salmon, salt, pepper, sugar, and dill – the osmotic pressure semi-dehydrates the salmon, creating a brine that it sits in.) Chris Travers (Quote) The Volokh Conspiracy » Are Carbs Worse than Fat?
  • For one, maintaining a constant water potential of tissue fluid prevents osmotic damage to cells, either by cell lysis or crenation. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Walter Stockenius, Dieter Oesterhelt had discovered bacteriorhodopsin in halobacteria and later proposed that it acts as a lightdriven proton pump in the framework of Peter Mitchell's chemiosmotic theory. Hartmut Michel - Autobiography
  • Excessive acidity and osmotic pressure in the gastric effluent can also retard emptying.
  • Osmotic potential is caused by the tendency of water to move so as to equalize solute concentration (salts, organics, anything that dissolves in water).
  • The osmolal concentration of TEG and MG were calculated from the dependence of their osmotic pressure on molal concentration.
  • Ions and molecules move through these induced gaps of the SC by diffusion and electromotive or electro-osmotic transport.
  • Both theories use the linear charge density of DNA as an adjustable parameter, lumping all of the double layer effects, such as charge screening and electro-osmotic friction, into this parameter.
  • Peter Mitchell (1920-1992), an English chemist, was the 1978 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer through the formulation of the chemiosmotic theory. Mitchell, Peter
  • The conciliative is a supposedly pretentious for osmotically shinny and a fantabulous saltpetre for an biyearly sugi. Rational Review
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