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osmoses

osmoses is the plural of osmosis.

osmoses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of osmose.

Meaning of osmosis

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. (figuratively) Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the process of teaching or learning particular knowledge incidentally rather than consciously.
    • Near-synonym: serendipity
    Synonyms:
    serendipity

Meaning of osmose

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.

Questions about osmoses

What is osmoses the plural of?
Osmoses is the plural of osmosis.

Words near osmoses in the dictionary

  1. osmosensitivities
  2. osmosensitivity
  3. osmosensor
  4. osmosensors
  5. osmosensory
  6. osmoses
  7. osmoshock
  8. osmoshocks
  9. osmosignaling
  10. osmosignalling
  11. osmosing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osmoses (page history and authors); osmosis (page history and authors); osmose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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