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This depends on the nature of the NaCl solution...

If it is a Hyper-tonic solution (More concentrated solution than onion cells), water will move by osmosis down it's concentration gradient, from a region of less negative water potential (high Ψ) in the onion cell, to a region of more negative water potential (low Ψ) in the solution through a selectively/partially permeable membrane;

so the onion cell will be plasmolysed and will look "flaccid" (vacuole gets smaller and shrinks).

The vice versa happens with a Hypo-tonic (less concentrated solution than onion cell) NaCl solution;

The onion cell will then look "turgid" (has a large vacuole exerting a pressure on the cytoplasm and pushing it towards the cell's cellwall to make it "tensed".

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