"osmosis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɒzˈməʊsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɒsˈməʊsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑzˈmoʊsɪs/ [General-American], /ɑsˈmoʊsɪs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-osmosis.wav [Southern-England] Forms: osmoses [plural]
enPR: ŏz-mōˈ -sĭs [General-American] Rhymes: -əʊsɪs, -oʊsɪs Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἔνδον||within}} Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “within”), {{der|en|grc|ἔξω||outer, external}} Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō, “outer, external”), {{der|en|grc|ὠσμός||push, impulsion}} Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós, “push, impulsion”), {{l|grc|ὠθέω}} ὠθέω (ōthéō) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|osmoses}} osmosis (countable and uncountable, plural osmoses)
  1. (chemistry) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Liquids Translations (movement of molecules): خَاصِّيَّة أُسْمُوزِيَّة (ḵāṣṣiyya ʔusmūziyya, ḵāṣṣiyya ʔusmōziyya) [feminine] (Arabic), تَنَاضُح (tanāḍuḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), ósmosis [feminine] (Asturian), অভিস্রবণ (obhisrobon) (Bengali), осмоза (osmoza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), osmosi [feminine] (Catalan), 渗透 (shèntòu) (Chinese Mandarin), osmóza [feminine] (Czech), osmose [common-gender] (Danish), osmose [feminine] (Dutch), osmozo (Esperanto), osmoosi (Finnish), osmose [feminine] (Galician), ώσμωση (ósmosi) (Greek), અભિસરણ (abhisaraṇ) (Gujarati), परासरण (parāsaraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), ozmózis (Hungarian), himnuflæði (Icelandic), osmosis (Indonesian), osmóis [feminine] (Irish), 浸透 (shintō) (Japanese), អូស្មូស (ʼousmouh) (Khmer), 삼투 (samtu) (Korean), വൃതിവ്യാപനം (vr̥tivyāpanaṁ) (Malayalam), rerewai (Maori), اسمز (osmoz) (Persian), osmoza [feminine] (Polish), osmose (Portuguese), о́смос (ósmos) [masculine] (Russian), musenerera (Shona), ósmosis [feminine] (Spanish), osmos [common-gender] (Swedish), pananagos (Tagalog), சவ்வூடு பரவல் (cavvūṭu paraval) (Tamil), பிரசாரணம் (piracāraṇam) (Tamil), ద్రవాభిసరణం (dravābhisaraṇaṁ) (Telugu), การออสโมสิส (Thai), sự thẩm thấu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-osmosis-en-noun-Oa0Xpp7b Disambiguation of Liquids: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'movement of molecules': 85 15
  2. (figurative) Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the act of teaching or picking up knowledge incidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Synonyms: serendipity Translations (picking up knowledge accidentally): 耳濡目染 (ěrrúmùrǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), through osmosis [adverb] (Finnish), samalla (Finnish), osmoza [feminine] (Polish), osmose [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-osmosis-en-noun-um-h2PjT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'picking up knowledge accidentally': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: electroosmosis, endosmosis, exosmosis, pressure retarded osmosis, reverse osmosis Related terms: osmotic, osmose

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    "Rhymes:English/əʊsɪs",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊsɪs/3 syllables",
    "en:Liquids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "electroosmosis"
    },
    {
      "word": "endosmosis"
    },
    {
      "word": "exosmosis"
    },
    {
      "word": "pressure retarded osmosis"
    },
    {
      "word": "reverse osmosis"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἔνδον",
        "4": "",
        "5": "within"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἔξω",
        "4": "",
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      },
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    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "push, impulsion"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὠθέω"
      },
      "expansion": "ὠθέω (ōthéō)",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
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      "form": "osmoses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "osmotic"
    },
    {
      "word": "osmose"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "en:Chemistry"
      ],
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        "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."
      ],
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        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "net",
          "net#Adjective"
        ],
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          "solvent",
          "solvent"
        ],
        [
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          "molecule"
        ],
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          "water",
          "water"
        ],
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          "solute",
          "solute"
        ],
        [
          "concentration",
          "concentration"
        ],
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          "permeable",
          "permeable"
        ],
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          "membrane",
          "membrane"
        ]
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        "(chemistry) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust (Perennial paperback), published 2001, pages 36–37",
          "text": "At age fourteen, by a process of osmosis, of dirty jokes, whispered secrets and filthy ballads, Tristram learned of sex.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the act of teaching or picking up knowledge incidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Passive",
          "passive"
        ],
        [
          "absorption",
          "absorption"
        ],
        [
          "impartation",
          "impartation"
        ],
        [
          "incidentally",
          "incidentally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the act of teaching or picking up knowledge incidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "serendipity"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɒzˈməʊsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɒsˈməʊsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑzˈmoʊsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑsˈmoʊsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊsɪs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʊsɪs"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ŏz-mōˈ -sĭs",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵāṣṣiyya ʔusmūziyya, ḵāṣṣiyya ʔusmōziyya",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خَاصِّيَّة أُسْمُوزِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tanāḍuḥ",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَنَاضُح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ósmosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "obhisrobon",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "অভিস্রবণ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osmoza",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осмоза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osmosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèntòu",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "渗透"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osmóza"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "osmose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osmose"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "osmozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "osmoosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osmose"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ósmosi",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "ώσμωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "abhisaraṇ",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "અભિસરણ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "parāsaraṇ",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "परासरण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "ozmózis"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "himnuflæði"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "osmosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osmóis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shintō",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "浸透"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼousmouh",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "អូស្មូស"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samtu",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "삼투"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vr̥tivyāpanaṁ",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "വൃതിവ്യാപനം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "rerewai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "osmoz",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "اسمز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osmoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "osmose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ósmos",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́смос"
    },
    {
      "code": "sn",
      "lang": "Shona",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "musenerera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ósmosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "osmos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "pananagos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cavvūṭu paraval",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "சவ்வூடு பரவல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "piracāraṇam",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "பிரசாரணம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dravābhisaraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "ద్రవాభిసరణం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "การออสโมสิส"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "movement of molecules",
      "word": "sự thẩm thấu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ěrrúmùrǎn",
      "sense": "picking up knowledge accidentally",
      "word": "耳濡目染"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "picking up knowledge accidentally",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "through osmosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "picking up knowledge accidentally",
      "word": "samalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "picking up knowledge accidentally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osmoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "picking up knowledge accidentally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osmose"
    }
  ],
  "word": "osmosis"
}

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