osmole

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Noun

osmole (plural osmoles)

1. (chemistry) A unit of measurement, a mole of an osmotically active compound

Usage notes

• One osmole is the amount of osmotically active material that when dissolved in 22.4L of solvent at 0 degrees celsius exerts an osmotic pressure of 1 atmosphere.

Translations

unit of measurement

Catalan: osmol m

Anagrams

• mooles, some ol'