transcription, транскрипция: [ äz-ˈmō-səs, äs- ]
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 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