The phenomenon where electrical current causes liquid to flow through a porous material or membrane; another technical term for electroendosmose.
From electro- + endosmosis, with the -is/-sis suffix variant. The two terms are essentially synonymous, with electroendosmosis being slightly more common in modern technical literature.
Electroendosmosis happens because electrical fields push on the charged particles in water and soil, creating bulk liquid movement—it's physics at a molecular scale creating visible effects.
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