hydrotropically, adv.
(haɪdrəʊˈtrɒpɪkəlɪ)
[f. prec.: see -ically.]
1. Bot. In a manner that results in a movement towards water.
| 1915 Ann. Bot. XXIX. 281 A disturbance of the equilibrium within the cells would thus be effected in exactly the same way as by the difference of osmotic pressure in hydrotropically stimulated roots. |
2. Physical Chem. As regards hydrotropy.
| 1928 Chem. Abstr. XXII. 770 Hydrotropically active salts. 1951 E. Hägglund Chem. Wood iv. 261 The extracted lignin can be precipitated from the solution by diluting the latter to a lower concentration of the hydrotropically active salt. |