Definition of Osmotically

1. Adverb. By means of osmosis.

Partainyms: Osmotic

Definition of Osmotically

1. Adverb. In an osmotic manner ¹

2. Adverb. With regard to osmosis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Osmotically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmotically

osmosensors
osmoses
osmosing
osmosis
osmosity
osmote
osmotherapy
osmotic
osmotic diuresis
osmotic diuretics
osmotic fragility
osmotic nephrosis
osmotic pressure
osmotic shock
osmotica
osmotically (current term)
osmoticum
osmotolerance
osmous
osmund
osmunda
osmundas
osmundine
osmundines
osmunds
osnaburg
osnaburgs
oso-berry
osone
osones

Literary usage of Osmotically

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

1. The Role of Diffusion and Osmotic Pressure in Plants by Burton Edward Livingston (1903)
"In the realm of pure physical chemistry there is some evidence that osmotic membranes may sometimes play a chemical part.1 V. THE NATURE OF THE osmotically ..."

2. The Rôle of Diffusion and Osmotic Pressure in Plants by Burton Edward Livingston (1903)
"... from experiments with Phaseolus, Pisum, Fago- pyrum, and Zea, that in these plants the osmotically active substance is mainly potassium nitrate. ..."

3. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"The assumption is that outside the cell which is excreting water there arises, either in its membrane or in the membrane of the vessel, an osmotically ..."

4. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Sydney Howard Vines (1886)
"The question now arises as to the determination of the osmotically active substance. It must be borne in mind that the concentration of the cell-sap is ..."

5. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"Experimental evidence, in any case, shows that all the ions actually present are osmotically active. Vapour pressure measurements made by the method of ..."

6. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"... of a twig above a ring is reduced, and is very markedly so if the twig is also defoliated. He suggests the importance of the distribution of osmotically ..."

7. Timber and Some of Its Diseases by Harry Marshall Ward (1889)
"Then the osmotically powerful substances are restored, attract water, and again lose their hold, and so on periodically. Now, as Godlewski points out, ..."

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