Pervaporation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pervaporation \pervaporation\ n.
     The concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will
     not pass through a semipermeable membrane; the solution is
     placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated
     off.
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pervaporation
       n : 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