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Reverse osmosis   /rɪvˈərs ˌɔzmˈoʊsɪs/   Listen
Reverse osmosis

noun
1.
(chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for natural osmosis when it is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure greater than the osmotic pressure.






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