osmosis

Meaning of osmosis

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.
    I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis.

Information about osmosis

Hyphenation of osmosis

os-mo-sis

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • osmosis is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Translation of osmosis

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