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Categories: Amount of substance, Membrane biology, Cell biology, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Solutions

osmotic pressure wall pressure Morse equation Osmotic equilibrium osmotic potential

(physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane WordNet 3.0

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(physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Osmotic pressure is the minimum pressure which needs to be applied to a solution to prevent the inward flow of its pure solvent across a semipermeable membrane. Wikipedia

Measure of the tendency of a solution to take in pure solvent by osmosis Wikidata

Pressure that a cell wall exerts against the turgor of the cell contents. Wall pressure is equal and opposite to the turgor potential. OmegaWiki

The hydrostatic pressure exerted by a solution across a semipermeable membrane from a pure solvent; the pressure needed to counteract osmosis. Wiktionary

Hydrostatic pressure. Wiktionary (translation)

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