osmosis
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See also: ósmosis
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós, “push”).
Noun[edit]
osmosis (plural osmoses)
- The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of high solvent potential to a region of lower solvent potential through a partially permeable membrane
- (slang) Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.
- I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis.
- 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pages 36-37 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)
- At age fourteen, by a process of osmosis, of dirty jokes, whispered secrets and filthy ballads, Tristram learned of sex.
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movement of molecules
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