ALL meanings of osmotic pressure
os·mo·sis pres·sure
O o - noun osmotic pressure the force that a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which it cannot penetrate, when separated by it from pure solvent. 1
- noun osmotic pressure the pressure necessary to prevent osmosis into a given solution when the solution is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane 0
- noun osmotic pressure the pressure exerted by a solvent passing through a semipermeable membrane in osmosis, equal to the pressure that must be applied to the solution in order to prevent passage of the solvent into it 0