electric endosmose

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electric endosmose - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Osmose \Os"mose\ ([o^]z"m[=o]s), n. [Gr. ?, equiv. to ? impulse,
     fr. ? to push.] (Chemical Physics)
     (a) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably
         diffused, when in contact. Same as osmosis, which see.
         [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     Electric osmose, or Electric endosmose (Elec.), the
        transportation of a liquid through a porous septum by the
        action of an electric current.
        [1913 Webster]