HyperDic: passive_transport

English > 1 sense of the expression passive transport:
NOUNprocesspassive transporttransport of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion
English > passive transport: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaningtransport of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion; expenditure of energy is not required.
BroadertransportAn exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
Catalantransport passiu

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