endosmosis

  • 21Absorption of water — Water is highly essential for plants for various metabolic activities. Land plants get their water supply from soil which serves as the source of water and minerals to them. The way in which water from soil enters roots, particularly to the root… …

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  • 22endosmometer — end·os·mom·e·ter .en .däs mäm ət ər, .däz n an instrument for measuring endosmosis end·os·mo·met·ric mə me trik adj * * * en·dos·mom·e·ter (en″dos momґə tər) [endosmosis + meter] an instrument for determining the rate and extent… …

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  • 23Endosmose — En dos*mose , Endosmosis En dos*mo sis, n. [NL. endosmosis, fr. Gr. e ndon within + ? a thrusting, impulsion, fr. ? to push: cf. F. endosmose.] (Physics) The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process,… …

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  • 24osmosis — osmotic /oz mot ik, os /, adj. osmotically, adv. /oz moh sis, os /, n. 1. Physical Chem., Cell Biol. a. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher,… …

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  • 25endosmómetro — m. Fís. Aparato con que se mide la intensidad de la endósmosis. * * * endosmómetro. (De endo , el gr. ὠσμός, impulso, y ‒metro). m. Fís. Aparato para medir la endósmosis …

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  • 26exosmosis — ex·os·mo·sis .ek (.)säs mō səs, (.)säz n, pl mo·ses .sēz passage of material through a membrane from a region of higher to a region of lower concentration compare ENDOSMOSIS ex·os·mot·ic mät ik adj * * * n. outward osmotic flow. See also …

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  • 27Passage — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion through. < N PARAG:Passage >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 passage passage transmission Sgm: N 1 permeation permeation Sgm: N 1 penetration penetration interpenetration Sgm: N 1 transudation transudation infiltration …

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  • 28osmosis — ósmosis u osmosis ‘Intercambio de sustancias líquidas a través de una membrana semipermeable’. Aunque también se usa la forma llana osmosis, en la mayor parte del mundo hispánico se prefiere la forma esdrújula ósmosis. Lo mismo cabe decir de sus… …

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  • 29ósmosis — u osmosis ‘Intercambio de sustancias líquidas a través de una membrana semipermeable’. Aunque también se usa la forma llana osmosis, en la mayor parte del mundo hispánico se prefiere la forma esdrújula ósmosis. Lo mismo cabe decir de sus… …

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  • 30electroendosmosis — “+ noun also electroendosmose “+ (plural electroendosmoses) Etymology: New Latin electroendosmosis, from electr + endosmosis : electroosmosis • electroendosmotic …

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