osmometry
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Related to osmometry: osmotic pressure, refractometry
os·mom·e·ter
(ŏz-mŏm′ĭ-tər)n.
A device for measuring osmotic pressure.
os′mo·met′ric (ŏz′mə-mĕt′rĭk) adj.
os·mom′e·try n.
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os•mom•e•try
(ɒzˈmɒm ɪ tri, ɒs-)n.
measurement of osmotic pressure.
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osmometry
the measurement of osmotic pressure, or the force a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane through which it cannot pass when separated by it from a pure solvent. — osmometric, adj.
See also: Physicsthe measurement of osmotic pressure, or the force a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane through which it cannot pass when separated by it from a pure solvent. — osmometric, adj.
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