What is another word for osmosis?

Pronunciation: [ɒzmˈə͡ʊsɪs] (IPA)

Osmosis is a term used to describe the natural process of the diffusion of molecules through a semi-permeable membrane. This scientific term has its own sets of synonyms that are frequently used to refer to the same process. Some of the common synonyms for osmosis include diffusion, permeation, infiltration, transudation, and exudation. Additionally, osmosis is often used interchangeably with other related scientific terms such as absorption, filtration, and osmoregulation. Synonyms can offer a wider range of vocabulary and a better understanding of the scientific concepts associated with osmosis. Each of these terms evokes a slightly different aspect of the process and can be used for a precise description of a particular scientific phenomenon.

Synonyms for Osmosis:

What are the hypernyms for Osmosis?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Osmosis?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for osmosis (as nouns)

What are the holonyms for Osmosis?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.
  • holonyms for osmosis (as nouns)

Usage examples for Osmosis

The morphogenic power of osmosis gives rise to an infinite variety of forms.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc
In order to find the physical parallel to life, we must turn to osmosis and osmotic growth rather than to crystals and crystallization.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc
This passage of certain substances in solution through an animal membrane is called osmosis, and membranes which exhibit this property are called osmotic membranes.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc

Famous quotes with Osmosis

  • He took their facts for granted. He knew no more than a firefly about rays — or about race or sex — or ennui — or a bar of music — or a pang of love — or a grain of musk — or of phosphorus — or conscience — or duty — or the force of Euclidian geometry — or non-Euclidian — or heat — or light — or osmosis — or electrolysis — or the magnet — or ether — or vis inertiae — or gravitation — or cohesion — or elasticity — or surface tension — or capillary attraction — or Brownian motion — or of some scores, or thousands, or millions of chemical attractions, repulsions or indifferences which were busy within and without him; or, in brief, of Force itself, which, he was credibly informed, bore some dozen definitions in the textbooks, mostly contradictory, and all, as he was assured, beyond his intelligence.
    Henry Adams
  • Like racism and sexism, statism is the kind of moral vice that tends to enter the soul through self-deception, semi-conscious osmosis, and a kind of Arendtian banality, rather than through a forthright embrace; it is a form of spiritual blindness that can, and does, infect even those who are largely sincere and well-meaning.
    Roderick Long

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