Associations to the word «Osmosis»

Wiktionary

OSMOSIS, noun. The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of high solvent potential to a region of lower solvent potential through a partially permeable membrane
OSMOSIS, noun. (slang) Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.

Dictionary definition

OSMOSIS, noun. (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope