osmosis
/ɒzˈməʊ̯sɪs/US/ɑzˈmoʊ̯sɪs/
osmosis noun: 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.
Noun
osmosis (countable and uncountable, plural osmoses)
- 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.
- Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the process of teaching or learning particular knowledge incidentally rather than consciously.
- Near-synonym: serendipity
- I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis.
- Synonyms:
- serendipity
osmosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
osmosis in Hindi
- movement of molecules across a membrane
- परासरण parāsaraṇ
osmosis in Tamil
- movement of molecules across a membrane
- சவ்வூடு பரவல் cavvūṭu paraval, பிரசாரணம் piracāraṇam
osmosis in Bengali
- movement of molecules across a membrane
- অভিস্রবণ obhisrobon
osmosis in Telugu
- movement of molecules across a membrane
- ద్రవాభిసరణం dravābhisaraṇaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- osmosis in Malayalam
- വൃതിവ്യാപനം vr̥tivyāpanaṁ
- osmosis in Kannada
- ಪರೆತೊರ್ಪು, ಪೊರೆತೂರ್ಪು, ಪರಾಸರಣ
- osmosis in Gujarati
- અભિસરણ abhisaraṇ
- osmosis in Tagalog
- pananagos
- osmosis in Arabic
- خَاصِّيَّة أُسْمُوزِيَّة ḵāṣṣiyya ʔusmūziyya, ḵāṣṣiyya ʔusmōziyya, تَنَاضُح tanāḍuḥ
- osmosis in Indonesian
- osmosis
- osmosis in Persian
- اسمز osmoz
- osmosis in Thai
- การออสโมสิส
- osmosis in Vietnamese
- sự thẩm thấu
Synonyms of osmosis
Forms of osmosis
| plural | osmoses |
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Origin of osmosis
From endosmose and exosmose, both coined by French physician Henri Dutrochet in 1826; from (respectively) Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “within”) and Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō, “outer, external”), plus Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós, “push, impulsion”), from ὠθέω (ōthéō).
Words formed from osmosis
Phrases with osmosis
Words that rhyme with osmosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
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- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about osmosis
- What does osmosis mean?
- Osmosis means 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.
- What is osmosis in Hindi?
- Osmosis in Hindi is परासरण (parāsaraṇ). See Osmosis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is osmosis?
- Osmosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce osmosis?
- Osmosis is pronounced /ɒzˈməʊ̯sɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of osmosis?
- The plural of osmosis is osmoses.
Words near osmosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: osmosis (page history and authors); osmosis (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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