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PERVAPORATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pervaporation" is a kind of...):
concentration (strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material)
Derivation:
pervaporate (cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)
pervaporate (evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)
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