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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
... pressure The pressure needed to prevent the osmotic movement of water or another solvent though a semipermeable membrane ( see osmosis...
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A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering (2 ed.)
...osmotic pressure (Unit Pa) The pressure difference across a semipermeable membrane required to prevent osmosis...
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A Dictionary of Nursing (8 ed.)
... pressure n. the pressure by which water is drawn into a solution through a semipermeable membrane; the more concentrated the solution, the greater its osmotic pressure...
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A Dictionary of Zoology (5 ed.)
... pressure The pressure needed to prevent the passage of water or other pure solvent through a semi-permeable membrane separating the solvent from the solution. Osmotic pressure rises with an increase in concentration of the solution. Where two solutions of different substances or concentrations are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, the solvent will move to equalize osmotic pressure within the...
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A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2 ed.)
...osmotic pressure The pressure required to prevent osmosis (solvent flow) across a semipermeable membrane separating two solutions of different solute...
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (4 ed.)
... pressure The pressure that is needed to prevent the passage of water or another pure solvent through a semi -permeable membrane separating the solvent from the solution. Osmotic pressure rises with an increase in concentration of the solution. Where two solutions of different substances or concentrations are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, the solvent will move to equalize osmotic pressure within the system. http://www.ausetute.com.au/osmoticp.html Tutorial on osmotic ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2 ed.)
... pressure symbol : π ; the excess hydrostatic pressure that must be applied to a solution in order to reduce to zero the net flow of pure solvent into it by osmosis. The osmotic pressure of a dilute solution is equal to the pressure the solute would exert if it could exist as a gas at the same temperature, T , and the same amount‐of‐substance concentration, c ; thus it may be expressed by a relation analogous to the gas equation, i.e. ∏ = ν cRT where ν is the (average) number of particles into which one solute molecule is dissociated under the...
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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
... pressure n . The pressure exerted by a solution through the motion of its molecules, measured according to the pressure required to prevent osmosis of the pure solvent into it. See also hypertonic ( 2 ) , hypotonic ( 2 ) , isotonic ( 2 ) , osmoreceptor ( 2 ) , sodium pump...
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A Dictionary of Ecology (5 ed.)
... pressure The pressure that is needed to prevent the passage of water or another pure solvent through a semi-permeable membrane separating the solvent from the solution. Osmotic pressure rises with an increase in concentration of the solution. Where two solutions of different substances or concentrations are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, the solvent will move to equalize osmotic pressure within the system. The concept has been largely replaced by that of water potential...
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition (4 ed.)
... pressure The pressure required to prevent the passage of water through a semi-permeable membrane ( see membrane, semi-permeable ) from a region of low concentration of solutes to one of higher concentration, by osmosis...
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Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2 ed.)
...osmotic pressure that part of the osmotic pressure exerted by a solution that is due to dissolved colloids. See osmotic pressure (def....
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The New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors (2 ed.)
... pressure Symbol: Π (Greek cap. pi) Abbrev.: OP The pressure required to prevent the flow of a pure solvent into a solution across a semipermeable membrane. The *SI unit is the *pascal . In biology, it was formerly used in calculations of water relations, but these are now expressed in terms of osmotic potential ( see water potential...
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