If a higher minimum wage increases the wage rates of unskilled workers above the level that would be established by market forces, the quantity of unskilled workers employed will fall. The minimum wage will price the services of the least productive (and therefore lowest-wage) workers out of the market. â¦The direct results of minimum wage legislation are clearly mixed. Some workers, most likely those whose previous wages were closest to the minimum, will enjoy higher wages.
â¢ SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE (noun) The noun SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE has 1 sense: 1. a membrane (as a cell membrane) that allows some molecule to pass through but not others. Familiarity information: SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details.
The two sides of the tube (A and B) have the same volume of solution at the start. For this example, side A has a 1.0-M sucrose solution, while side B is pure water. The line with an arrow pointed at it represents a semipermeable membrane. This is the item that makes the osmosis happen. A semipermeable membrane allows solvent molecules to pass through it, BUT NOT SOLUTE! That's important. Solvent can go either direction easily, but solute is stuck on the side it's on.