Meanings
nounosmotic pressure (countable and uncountable, plural osmotic pressures)
plural osmotic pressures
- countablephysicaluncountablechemistryThe hydrostatic pressure exerted by a solution across a semipermeable membrane from a pure solvent; the pressure needed to counteract osmosis.
Translations
Catalan pressió osmòtica
- pressió osmòticahydrostatic pressure
Chinese Mandarin 滲透壓 /渗透压
- 滲透壓 /渗透压 (shèntòuyā)hydrostatic pressure
Czech osmotický tlak
- osmotický tlakhydrostatic pressure
Danish osmotisk tryk
- osmotisk trykhydrostatic pressure
Finnish osmoottinen paine
- osmoottinen painehydrostatic pressure
German osmotischer Druck, m
- osmotischer Druckhydrostatic pressure
- mhydrostatic pressure
Hungarian ozmotikus nyomás
- ozmotikus nyomáshydrostatic pressure
Japanese 浸透圧
- 浸透圧 (shintōatsu)hydrostatic pressure
Polish ciśnienie osmotyczne
- ciśnienie osmotycznehydrostatic pressure
Portuguese pressão osmótica
- pressão osmóticahydrostatic pressure
Romanian presiune osmotică
- presiune osmoticăhydrostatic pressure
Russian осмоти́ческое давле́ние
- осмоти́ческое давле́ние (osmotíčeskoje davlénije)hydrostatic pressure
Spanish presión osmótica
- presión osmóticahydrostatic pressure
Turkish osmotik basınç
- osmotik basınçhydrostatic pressure
Cite this entry
APA
osmotic pressure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmotic%20pressure
MLA
“osmotic pressure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmotic%20pressure. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osmotic pressure,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmotic%20pressure.
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