different between osmose vs osmosis

English

Etymology

Back-formation from osmosis.

Verb

osmose (third-person singular simple present osmoses, present participle osmosing, simple past and past participle osmosed)

1. (intransitive) To diffuse by osmosis.
2. (transitive) To cause to diffuse by osmosis.

Translations

Noun

osmose

1. Archaic form of osmosis.

Anagrams

• mooses

Danish

Noun

osmose c (singular definite osmosen, not used in plural form)

1. osmosis

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.moz/

Noun

osmose m (uncountable)

1. osmosis

Further reading

• “osmose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

osmose f (plural osmoses)

1. osmosis (movement of molecules through a membrane)

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (?smós, “push”).

Noun

osmosis (countable and uncountable, plural osmoses)

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.

   • 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pages 36-37 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)

     At age fourteen, by a process of osmosis, of dirty jokes, whispered secrets and filthy ballads, Tristram learned of sex.

Derived terms

• electroosmosis
• endosmosis
• exosmosis

Related terms

• osmotic
• osmose

Translations