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Definition of Colligative
1. Adjective. (chemistry physics) Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Colligative
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Colligative
1. 1. Depending on numbers of particles. 2. Referring to properties of solutions that depend only on the concentration of dissolved substances and not on their nature (e.g., osmotic pressure, elevation of boiling point, vapor pressure lowering, freezing point depression). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colligative
Literary usage of Colligative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"The Other colligative Properties.—From the results obtained for the freezing
point lowerings of aqueous solutions of ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"The colligative property which should be chosen for experimental study in a given
... The relation between any one of the colligative properties and the ..."
3. Outlines of General Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1895)
"We see, however, at once that the problem can be solved by measuring any colligative
property, for all colligative properties assume the same value for ..."
4. Outlines of Theoretical Chemistry by Frederick Hutton Getman (1922)
"For example, the volume of a gas is a colligative property since it is practically
... Obviously, since colligative properties are independent of both ..."
5. The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1904)
"It is, however, also possible to treat such data partly from a " colligative,"
partly from a " constitutive" point of view ; and attempts in this direction, ..."
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