osmose

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from osmosis.

Verb[edit]

osmose (third-person singular simple present osmoses, present participle osmosing, simple past and past participle osmosed)

  1. (intransitive) To diffuse by osmosis.
  2. (transitive) To cause to diffuse by osmosis.

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

osmose

  1. Archaic form of osmosis.

Anagrams[edit]

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

osmose c (singular definite osmosen, not used in plural form)

  1. osmosis

Declension[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɔs.moz/
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Noun[edit]

osmose m (uncountable)

  1. osmosis

Further reading[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: os‧mo‧se

Noun[edit]

osmose f (plural osmoses)

  1. osmosis (movement of molecules through a membrane)