PERVAPORATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pervaporation mean? 

• PERVAPORATION (noun)
  The noun PERVAPORATION has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PERVAPORATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERVAPORATION (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)