单词 | osmose |
释义 | osmosen. Chemistry. Now historical and rare. The diffusion of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane; osmosis. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solvents and solutes > [noun] > osmosis osmose1854 osmosis1863 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [noun] > osmosis osmose1854 osmosis1863 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > through any medium or space > passing through a porous medium > osmosis exosmose1828 endosmosis1836 exosmosis1836 osmose1854 osmosis1863 1854 T. Graham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 144 178 This flow of water through the membrane I shall speak of as osmose, and the unknown power producing it as the osmotic force. 1854 T. Graham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 144 181 With the same proportion (1 per cent.) of different substances, the osmose varied from 0 to 80 degrees. Occasionally, instead of a rise of liquid in the tube, a fall was observed; the fall may be spoken of as negative osmose, to distinguish it from the rise or positive osmose. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 605 The current of water in the woody substance which replaces the loss occasioned in the leaves by transpiration is not caused by osmose. 1914 K. Royce tr. F. Enriques Probl. Sci. v. 376 But among the less extended laws that refer to diffusion or osmose or electric conductivity etc. we meet at every step with exceptions and apparent contradictions. 1991 in Chem. Brit. 27 242/1 In 1854 Graham gave an electrochemical explanation of osmose which was not generally well received. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). osmosev. 1. intransitive. Chemistry. To undergo or display osmosis; to pass by diffusion. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solvents and solutes > [verb] > osmosis osmose1884 1884 J. C. Cutter Comprehensive Physiol. viii. 153 Watery solutions usually osmose readily. 1894 Proc. Royal Soc. 57 164 The comparative readiness with which CO2 osmoses through thin films of caoutchouc. 1926 B. Brownell New Universe iii. 58 The colloids of the soils have broken down a path for it, for their membranes between the granules of the soil have been ‘osmosing,’ or at least ‘imbibing,’ very likely these many years. 2. intransitive. In figurative use. To pass as if by osmosis; to transform into something else; (also transitive) to absorb gradually. ΚΠ 1931 T. Dreiser Dawn lxxvi. 442 As I could see, and regardless of whether I had studied or not, I had absorbed so much, mentally osmosed in connection with this and that. 1975 A. McCaffrey Kilternan Legacy (1976) x. 118 She was chattering with her brother and Jimmy as if she'd osmosed pertinent knowledge from her twin's brain. 1983 National Trust Autumn 16/1 I am really not quite sure how I osmosed on to the Finance Committee. 1988 Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 40/7 Mr Holt's words had osmosed into the Skinner cranium. 1992 New Musical Express 14 Nov. 25 Sherilyn Fenn provides romantic/salacious interest as the stripper who seems to osmose into Marilyn Monroe at one point. 2002 Independent 13 Mar. (Wednesday Review section) 6/7 Luisa..persuaded him to study painting with Fernand Léger, the French Dadaist and Surrealist, whose style he osmosed into his own particular vision. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854v.1884 |
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