单词 | osmosis |
释义 | os·mo·sis (ŏz-mōsĭs, ŏs-) n. pl. os·mo·ses (-sēz) 1. a. Diffusion of fluid through a semipermeable membrane from a solution with a low solute concentration to a solution with a higher solute concentration until there is an equal solute concentration on both sides of the membrane. b. The tendency of fluids to diffuse in such a manner. 2. A gradual, often unconscious process of assimilation or absorption: learned French by osmosis while residing in Paris for 15 years. [From obsolete osmose, from earlier endosmose, from French : Greek endo-, endo- + Greek ōsmos, thrust, push (from ōthein, to push).] os·motic (-mŏtĭk) adj. os·moti·cal·ly adv. |
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