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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Separation of a mixture in which a component is diffused through a semipermeable membrane and evaporated.
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- noun chemistry A technique whereby the components of a mixture of two liquids are separated by selective
permeation through asemipermeable membrane , the component that passes through the membrane being removed byevaporation
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- noun the concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will not pass through a semipermeable membrane; solution is placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated off
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[per– + (e)vaporation (on the model of permeation).]
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Blend of permeation and evaporation
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