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What does semi-permeable mean?

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(of a material or membrane) allowing certain substances to pass through it but not others, especially allowing the passage of a solvent but not of certain solutes.
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(of a material or membrane) allowing certain substances to pass through it, but not others, especially allowing the passage of a solvent, but not of certain solutes.
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