osmosis

Etymology
From "endosmose" and "exosmose", both coined by French physician Henri Dutrochet in 1826; from (respectively) and, plus , from.

Noun

 * 1)  The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.
 * 2)  Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the act of teaching or picking up knowledge incidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.

Translations

 * Arabic: خَاصِّيَّة أُسْمُوزِيَّة, تَنَاضُح
 * Asturian: ósmosis
 * Bengali: অভিস্রবণ
 * Bulgarian: осмоза
 * Catalan: osmosi
 * Chinese:
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 * Czech: osmóza
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 * Esperanto: osmozo
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 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: અભિસરણ
 * Hindi: परासरण
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: himnuflæði
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: osmóis
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 * Khmer: អូស្មូស
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 * Maori: rerewai
 * Persian: اسمز
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 * Shona: musenerera
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 * Tagalog: pananagos
 * Tamil:, பிரசாரணம்
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: การออสโมสิส
 * Vietnamese: sự thẩm thấu


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