ósmosis
21osmosis — noun (U) 1 by osmosis if you learn facts or receive ideas by osmosis, you gradually learn them by hearing them often: I must have learnt it by osmosis. 2 technical the gradual process of liquid passing through a membrane (2) osmotic, adjective… …
22osmosis — noun a) The net movement of solvent molecules from a region of high solvent potential to a region of lower solvent potential through a partially permeable membrane I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis.… …
23osmosis — os•mo•sis [[t]ɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, ɒs [/t]] n. 1) biochem. chem. a) the tendency of a fluid, usu. water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on …
24osmosis — noun Etymology: New Latin, short for endosmosis Date: 1867 1. movement of a solvent (as water) through a semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of… …
25osmosis — The process by which solvent tends to move through a semipermeable membrane from a solution of lower to a solution of higher osmolal concentration of the solutes to which the membrane is relatively impermeable. [G. osmos, a thrusting, an… …
26osmosis — os|mo|sis [ az mousıs ] noun uncount 1. ) SCIENCE the process by which a liquid slowly passes through a thin layer of something 2. ) a gradual process in which information and ideas influence you without you realizing it: I picked up the language …
27osmosis — n. the passage of a solvent from a less concentrated to a more concentrated solution through a semipermeable membrane. This tends to equalize the concentrations of the two solutions. In living organisms the solvent is water and cell membranes… …
28osmosis — UK [ɒzˈməʊsɪs] / US [ɑzˈmoʊsɪs] noun [uncountable] 1) science the process by which a liquid that contains a small amount of dissolved substances slowly passes through a membrane (= thin layer of something) into a liquid that contains a large… …
29osmosis — n. passage of solvent through a separating membrane between two solutions of different strengths. ♦ osmose, v.i. undergo osmosis. ♦ osmotic, a. ♦ osmometer, n. instrument for measuring osmotic pressure …
30osmosis — osmosas statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Savaiminė tirpiklio difuzija į tirpalą per puslaidę membraną. atitikmenys: angl. osmosis vok. Osmose, f rus. осмос, m pranc. osmose, f …
