Usually means: Water purification through semipermeable membrane.
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  1. reverse osmosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. reverse osmosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. reverse osmosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. reverse osmosis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. reverse osmosis: Vocabulary.com
  6. reverse-osmosis: Wordnik
  7. reverse osmosis: Wiktionary
  8. reverse osmosis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. reverse osmosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. reverse osmosis: Dictionary.com
  11. Reverse Osmosis (group), Reverse Osmosis, Reverse-osmosis, Reverse osmosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. reverse osmosis: FreeDictionary.org
  13. reverse osmosis: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. Reverse-osmosis, reverse osmosis: Encyclopedia

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  1. Reverse-osmosis, reverse osmosis: Medical dictionary

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  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. REVERSE OSMOSIS: Power Engineering
  3. Water-Science Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  4. Aquarium (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (reverse osmosis)

noun:  (chemistry) a technique whereby a solution is forced through a semipermeable membrane under pressure; used to generate drinkable water from seawater, or to separate chemical compounds

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