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semipermeable

/ˌsemiˈpɜːmiəbl/adjective

उच्चारण सेमिपर्मिअबल

अर्ध-पारगम्य

Advanced word

adjective
  1. 1

    [usually before noun] technical

    (of a material or membrane) allowing some substances, especially water and other small molecules, to pass through it but not others

    अर्ध-पारगम्य

    • A cell membrane is semipermeable.
    • Water passes through the semipermeable membrane by osmosis.

    Synonyms selectively permeable partially permeable

    Opposite impermeable

◇Word family
permeable adjectivepermeability noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

selectively permeable partially permeable

Antonyms

impermeable

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General knowledge

Osmosis is the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane from a weaker solution to a stronger one.

Osmosis वह प्रक्रिया है जिसमें पानी semipermeable membrane से होकर कम सांद्र घोल से अधिक सांद्र घोल की ओर जाता है।