osmosis

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The thick into the thin is ex-osmosis, and the other end-osmosis.

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  1. noun Diffusion of fluid through a semipermeable membrane from a solution with a low solute concentration to a solution with a higher solute concentration until there is an equal concentration of fluid on both sides of the membrane.
  2. noun The tendency of fluids to diffuse in such a manner.
  3. noun A gradual, often unconscious process of assimilation or absorption: learned French by osmosis while residing in Paris for 15 years.

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  • You are observing the results of osmosis, the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 04 - April 2003
  • I chose a different route As for reverse osmosis, the information I have on hand indicates that high pressures are required for the efficient desalination of sea water; on the order of 1500 psi. —  AnalogSFF,Jan/Feb2004
  • On our scale of existence, it would be very hard to drink through a waterlogged rolled-up newspaper, but in the tiny world of a bacterium, osmosis is a powerful force. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 02 - February 1995
  • The most common approach to desalination is currently reverse osmosis, and the market for this technology is expected to grow at a rate of 10 percent per year. —  Technology Review RSS Feeds
  • -- "WaveWater", is investigating the feasibility of using wave energy to manufacture fresh water using seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination units. —  NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
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  1. From obsolete osmose, from earlier endosmose, from French : Greek endo-, endo- + Greek ōsmos, thrust, push (from ōthein, to push).

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  1. New Latin: see osmose, and cf. endosmosis, exosmosis.
 

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/ɑsˈmoʊsɪs/
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