OSMOSIS

[noun] [U] [specialized] - the process in plants and animals by which a liquid moves gradually from one part of the body or the plant to another through a membrane (= tissue that covers or connects animal or plant cells)Fluid flows back into the tiny blood vessels by osmosis.(specialized) Osmosis is also the way in which ideas and information gradually spread between people.The children were never taught the songs, they just listened to other children singing them and learned them by osmosis.Reading is not picked up by a process of osmosis, but needs to be taught.