passive transport

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   transport of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion; expenditure of energy is not required

   Broadertransport

Questions about passive transport

What does passive transport mean?

passive transport means "transport of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion; expenditure of energy is not required".

Is passive transport a common word?

passive transport is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.