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Definitions 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
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  • osmotic of or relating to osmosis
  • permeability the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
  • permeableness the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
  • reverse osmosis (chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for natural osmosis when it is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure greater than the osmotic pressure
  • osmotic pressure (physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane
  • osmotically by means of osmosis
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