osmose

Osmose is defined as to pass by as if through osmosis, when molecules move from a less concentrated side pass through a semi permeable membrane into a more concentrated side until the concentration is even.

(verb)

When molecules go through the process of osmosis, this is an example of a situation where they osmose.

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See osmose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb osmosed, osmosing

to subject to, or undergo, osmosis

Origin: back-form. < osmosis

See osmose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intr. & tr.v. os·mosed, os·mos·ing, os·mos·es
To diffuse or cause to diffuse by osmosis.

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Origin: Back-formation from osmosis

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