osmotic pressure. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The new energy I learned about is called osmotic energy. From Wordnik.com. [Maria Energia] Reference
That pressure is called osmotic pressure. From Wordnik.com. [Dietary protein, serum albumin and health | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
They exited via one of their osmotic wall membranes. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
Maternal colloid osmotic pressure after fetal surgery. From Wordnik.com. [Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation publications] Reference
The filtration system, the purifier, the osmotic balancer?. From Wordnik.com. [Ensign Flandry]
For example, an osmotic laxative plus a stimulant laxative. From Wordnik.com. [tequilamonky Diary Entry] Reference
So there was a good deal of membrane damage through osmotic pressure. From Wordnik.com. [The Songs of Distant Earth]
Chemistry for his work on chemical thermodynamics and osmotic pressure. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003] Reference
"An actively maintained hypo-osmotic intracellular environment," she intoned. From Wordnik.com. [Starfish] Reference
"Then there's no osmotic problem-it won't matter if we give him fresh water or salt?". From Wordnik.com. [Through The Eye Of A Needle]
Nearby, a medtech activated the osmotic hypo he held behind his back and started forward. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
Doesn't mean I wasn't unconsciously channeling based on osmotic experience, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting for the South Carolina results.] Reference
Through osmotic adjustment, the plants can tolerate some lack of water without wilting or dying. From Wordnik.com. [2 The Plants] Reference
He was holding an osmotic syringe in one hand, his finger coiled about it as-if it were a weapon. From Wordnik.com. [Orphan Star]
Osmosis takes place when two fluids of different osmotic pressure are separated by animal membrane. From Wordnik.com. [Disease and Its Causes] Reference
This is very simple; but how to measure the stupendously weak osmotic pressure that an emulsion exerts?. From Wordnik.com. [Jean Baptiste Perrin - Nobel Lecture] Reference
That would be enough to get thermo-osmotic pathways started on their way to self-reproducing metabolism. From Wordnik.com. [New Results from Stardust Mission Paint Chaotic Picture of Early Solar System | Universe Today] Reference
Man suits and his osmotic air conditioner, Tom had already perfected ways of drawing oxygen from sea water. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
The great majority of lyrics are mine, and the great majority of music is his, but we were very much osmotic. From Wordnik.com. [The War Against Comics] Reference
Whatever the source of salts, when they become concentrated in the soil they have an osmotic effect on plants. From Wordnik.com. [5. How plants live and grow] Reference
There is something about the osmotic barrier in silicone sheets and gels that makes it "just right" for the job. From Wordnik.com. [Silicone Treatment for Scars] Reference
When ice forms in supercooled water, ice growth is rapid and the osmotic stresses that the cells face is severe. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-09-01] Reference
As I walked out the door they were gazing into each other's eyes and discussing the wonders of osmotic equilibrium. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
However, the membranes separating these subdivisions are permeable, and osmotic flow from one to another is the norm. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen of Quinkdom] Reference
The osmotic pressure thus arising is the reason why cells are often swollen and stiff, in a flower stalk, for example. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003 - Information for the Public] Reference
She was preparing to move the osmotic fluid injector to a new area of his torso when she felt something touch her arm. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
It's apparently got to do with osmotic pressure, the way a poultice of salt and water draws off the edema of inflammation. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Condition]
Salmon, salt, pepper, sugar, and dill– the osmotic pressure semi-dehydrates the salmon, creating a brine that it sits in. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Are Carbs Worse than Fat?] Reference
His work offered support not only to Arrhenius 'theory of dissociation but also to van't Hoff's theory for osmotic pressure. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry] Reference
The air supply inside was kept pure by one of Tom's osmotic air conditioners which made use of the oxygen dissolved in the water. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
I entered a regional science fair with a project that concerned osmotic processes in sea urchin eggs and managed to win a prize for it. From Wordnik.com. [Richard R. Schrock - Autobiography] Reference
"It's fairly elaborate -- osmotic systems with various layers of charcoal and things to take out things that you don't want to recycle.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
But then, I love Mission: Impossible, which is so devoid of AI characters it reaches out into neighboring shows and kills them by osmotic pressure. From Wordnik.com. [barney flies the hovercraft while cinnamon infiltrates the premier's staff...] Reference
The step to the kinetic theory simply requires that osmotic pressure be attributed to a similar cause, with molecules of solute substituted for Brownian particles. From Wordnik.com. [Atomism from the 17th to the 20th Century] Reference
This gave Mars the perfect mix of osmotic lexical exposure and seething social inferiority to outperform all comers at this traditional Sunday afternoon street-corner pastime. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-02] Reference
In his 1886 work van't Hoff showed that most dissolved chemical compounds give an osmotic pressure equal to the gas pressure they would have exerted in the absence of the solvent. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry] Reference
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