tonicity

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They have no way of controlling their tonicity.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

A solution's tonicity often directly correlates with the osmolarity of the solution.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The measure of the tonicity of a solution, or the total amount of solutes dissolved in a specific amount of solution, is called its osmolarity.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

The limp, relaxed school cannot secure them, for there is no tone without tonicity and vitality of muscle.

From The Renaissance of the Vocal Art by Myer, Edmund

Parallel with opportunities for proper stimuli and response the nervous system must possess good tonicity, or vigor.

From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert