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osmosis no pl

aprender a. c. por osmose inf

to learn sth through osmosis

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A small desalination plant on the island uses reverse osmosis technology to supply water for human consumption. en.wikipedia.org

They are able to melt into human bodies via a combination of osmosis and cell phase-matching. en.wikipedia.org

Even though osmosis is being mainly discussed, it must be noted that this is just one of a few tactics for transporting water. en.wikipedia.org

For example, in desalination plants, seawater can be purified through distillation or reverse osmosis. en.wikipedia.org

Reverse-osmosis membranes are already widely used to desalinate seawater, consuming a fraction of the energy required by thermally driven processes. www.mromagazine.com

It produces of fresh water daily (about 25% of total freshwater deliveries) by reverse osmosis. en.wikipedia.org

Most ocean-going vessels desalinate potable water from seawater using processes such as vacuum distillation or multi-stage flash distillation in an evaporator, or more recently by reverse osmosis. en.wikipedia.org

Government-installed reverse osmosis plants supply free filtered water. en.wikipedia.org

Household and public system reverse osmosis plants are common in the market. en.wikipedia.org

They lived on the asteroid isolated under a bell jar for twenty-one days, exploring the alien terrain by osmosis. www.telegraph.co.uk

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