Main Entry:
os·mo·sis 
Pronunciation:
äz-'mO-s&s, äs-Function:
nounEtymology: New Latin, short for
endosmosisDate: 1867
1 : movement of a solvent 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 membrane
2 : 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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