colligative property
English
Examples (chemistry)
Relative lowering of vapor pressure (
Raoult's law
)
Boiling-point elevation
Freezing-point depression
Osmotic pressure
Noun
colligative
property
(
plural
colligative properties
)
(
physical chemistry
)
A
property
of a
solution
that is influenced by the relative
amount
of
solute
particles
, rather than the properties of the solute itself.