ósmosis

Meaning

1. (feminine) osmosis (movement of molecules across a membrane)
2. (feminine, figuratively) mutual influence or interpenetration
3. (feminine, slang) osmosis (passive absorption of information)

Concepts

osmosis

osmose

osmotic flow

Synonyms

osmosis

flujo osmótico

Translations

osmosi

Osmose

osmose

osmose

osmosi

ώσμωση

تناضح

osmose

ozmos

osmotischer Fluss

όσμωση

flusso osmotico

Hyphenated as

ós‧mo‧sis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈosmosis/

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin ōsmosis, from Koine Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós, “push, thrust”), from a contracted form of Ancient Greek ὠθισμός (ōthismós), ὠστισμός (ōstismós), from ὠθίζω (ōthízō, “to push, to thrust”), from ὠθέω (ōthéō, “to push”).