Definition of Electroosmosis

1. Noun. (physics) the migration of ions in a solvent through the capillaries of a membrane under the influence of an applied electric field ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of electroosmosis) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Electroosmosis

1. [n -MOSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electroosmosis

electronvolt
electronvolts
electronystagmogram
electronystagmograms
electronystagmographic
electronystagmography
electrooculogram
electrooculograms
electrooculographic
electrooculography
electrooptic
electrooptical
electrooptically
electrooptics
electroosmoses
electroosmosis (current term)
electroosmotic
electrooxidation
electrooxidations
electropalatographic
electropalatography
electroparacentesis
electropathology
electropathy
electropermeabilization
electropermeabilized
electropherogram
electrophil
electrophile
electrophiles

Literary usage of Electroosmosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Approaches for the Remediation of Federal Facility Sites Contaminated with by Edwin Barth (1994)
"electroosmosis is one of several transport processes induced in soils by an electric ... electroosmosis and electrophoresis are defined as the mass flux of ..."

2. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"... AA Displacement of moisture in permafrost by the forces of electroosmosis. ... AA Mechanism of ice formation in frozen ground during electroosmosis. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Recent investigations into metabolically coupled transport, electroosmosis, and current- voltage relationships have produced a large amount of data ..."

4. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"The effectiveness of a constant electrical field in causing the redistribution of water in frozen ground by electroosmosis has been described by Hoekstra ..."

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