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osmosis

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Main Entry:
os·mo·sis 
          Listen to the pronunciation of osmosis
Pronunciation:
\äz-ˈmō-səs, äs-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
New Latin, short for endosmosis
Date:
1867
1: movement of a solvent (as water) through a semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane2: a process of absorption or diffusion suggestive of the flow of osmotic action ; especially : a usually effortless often unconscious assimilation <learned a number of languages by osmosis — Roger Kimball>


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