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Definition of Osmosis
1. Noun. (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal.
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology, Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Diffusion
Specialized synonyms: Reverse Osmosis
Derivative terms: Osmotic
Definition of Osmosis
1. n. Osmose.
Definition of Osmosis
1. Noun. The net movement of solvent molecules from a region of high solvent potential to a region of lower solvent potential through a partially permeable membrane ¹
2. Noun. (slang) Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Osmosis
1. a form of diffusion of a fluid through a membrane [n -MOSES]
Medical Definition of Osmosis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmosis
Literary usage of Osmosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"DIFFUSION AND osmosis. Diffusion, Dialysis, and osmosis.—When two gases are
brought into contact, a homogeneous mixture of the two is soon obtained. ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"(b) osmosis in General.—In the simple case of the ideal solution just considered we
... In other words the osmosis in such a case would be a purely kinetic ..."
3. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"It was found that the initial rate of osmosis of the sheep- serum was represented
by a flow of 65 mm. in the thermometric stem of the osmometer in one hour, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1904)
"It is my purpose in this paper to show that the force known as "osmosis " lias been
... Convection-currents have doubtless supplemented osmosis, and the two ..."
5. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"Some Preliminary Considerations upon the Processes of Diffusion and osmosis, and
their Importance in the Nutritive Exchanges of the Body. ..."
6. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"In all the discussions and speculations of the last thirty years on the nature
of physiological osmosis, it has occupied a central point, ..."
7. A Handbook of Colloid-chemistry: The Recognition of Colloids, the Theory of by Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald (1919)
"osmosis of Colloid Systems 1. General Remarks and Literature. ... This is the
phenomenon of osmosis, known for a century and a half.1 Osmotic phenomena take ..."
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