diffusion; permeation; tendency to flow through a membrane and create an equal distribution of material
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Osmosis Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Osmose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOsmose.
osmosis
\os*mo"sis\ (?), n. [nl.] osmose.
Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) diffusion
(part-holonym) dialysis
Osmosis Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
process that maintains equilibrium through the diffusion of water from a place of high concentration to a place of low concentration through a selectively permeable membrane.
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The movement of pure water across a membrane from a compartment with relatively low dissolved ions to a compartment with higher
the movement of water molecules through a thin membrane. The osmosis process occurs in our bodies and is also one method of desalinizing saline water.
The passage of water through permeable membrane separating two solutions of different concentration; the water passes into the more concentrated solution.
Osmosis Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Osmosis is the net movement of solvent molecules through a partially permeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration, in order to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides. It may also be used to describe a physical process in which any solvent moves, without input of energy, across a semipermeable membrane (permeable to the solvent, but not the solute) separating two solutions of different concentrations. Although osmosis does not require input of energy, it does use kinetic energy and can be made to do work.
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Osmosis Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
The passage of a liquid from a weak solution to a more concentrated solution across a semipermeable membrane that allows passage of the solvent (water) but not the dissolved solids.
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Water molecules passing through membranes naturally, to the side with the highest concentration of dissolved impurities.
The passage of a liquid from a weak solution to a more concentrated solution across a semipermeable membrane. The membrane allows the passage of the solvent (water) but not the dissolved solids (solutes). This process tends to equalize the conditions on either side of the membrane.
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