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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An apparatus to carry out the process of osmosis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is used especially in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses.

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