APA Dictionary of Psychology
osmometer
- n.
- an instrument for measuring osmotic pressure or the amount of osmotic action (passage across a membrane of solutes from higher to lower concentrations) in different liquids.
- an early type of olfactometer involving a sealed chamber containing an odorant. The participant opened the chamber, inhaled, and reported the odor detected.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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