osmosis
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See also: ósmosis
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós, “push”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒzˈməʊsɪs/, /ɒsˈməʊsɪs/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɑzˈmoʊsɪs/, /ɑsˈmoʊsɪs/
- Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Noun[edit]
osmosis (countable and uncountable, plural osmoses)
- The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.
- Act of 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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Translations[edit]
movement of molecules
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