OSMOSIS


Meaning of OSMOSIS in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.