OSMOSIS
Osmosis
Osmosis is the spontaneous net movement of solvent molecules through a partially permeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration, in the direction that tends to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides. It may also be used to describe a physical process in which any solvent moves, without input of energy, across a semipermeable membrane separating two solutions of different concentrations. Although osmosis does not require input of energy, it does use kinetic energy and can be made to do work.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Osmosis
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osmosis
Noun
- The net movement of solvent molecules from a region of high solvent potential to a region of lower solvent potential through a partially permeable membrane
- Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.
- I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis.
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