osmosis
IPA: ɔzmˈoʊsɪs
noun
- (chemistry) 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.
- (figurative) Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the act of teaching or picking up knowledge incidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.
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Examples of "osmosis" in Sentences
- Osmosis and diffusion are not the same.
- Osmosis works in the exact opposite way.
- All the rest is purified by reverse osmosis.
- This is very similar to the process of osmosis.
- The water is desalinated using reverse osmosis.
- Does surface area of the potato affect the Osmosis
- Osmosis, on the other hand is a special type of diffusion.
- Then the information slowly creeps into the article by osmosis.
- Chemical gardens demonstrate the effect of osmosis in inorganic chemistry.
- The most common desalination processes are distillation and reverse osmosis.
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