osmosis
渗透作用,渗透,渗透法,渗透率
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- : Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane.the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions.Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
- : a subtle or gradual absorption or mingling: He never studies but seems to learn by osmosis.
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The relationships he builds with his teammates, the respect he garners, the joy he has in playing, it’s like osmosis.
Osmotic power takes advantage of osmosis, the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane.
This plant harnessed osmosis to generate a humble 2 to 4 kilowatts, enough to power a couple of kitchen appliances.
Rittri now heads up Bluewater, a water purification products company that uses patented osmosis technology to enable local purification of water with the goal of eliminating the need for plastic and long-distance transport.
According to Hestekin, the nephron could be combined with ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, or reverse osmosis systems and integrated into an artificial kidney.
A reverse osmosis plant on an adjacent plot of land desalinates and purifies up to 1.25 million gallons of water daily.
And through basic cultural osmosis you learned its broad outlines: woman, travel, freeing of spirit, yoga.
Any winery that possesses a reverse-osmosis machine—usually used to remove alcohol from wine—can create their own concentrates.
In simple animals, as the sponge and hydra, no such organs are needed, the fluid food passing from cell to cell by osmosis.
No breathing organs are seen, because osmosis of oxygen and carbon dioxide may take place anywhere through the cell membrane.
The cell absorbs oxygen from the water by through its delicate membrane, giving up carbon dioxide in return.