ósmosis

From Ancient Greek ὠσμόςσις (ōsmóssis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈosmosis/
• Syllabification: ós‧mo‧sis
• Rhymes: -osmosis

ósmosis f (plural ósmosis)

1. (chemistry) osmosis (movement of molecules across a membrane)

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA), page 1730
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “ósmosis”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈosmosis/ [ˈoz.mo.sis]

ósmosis f (plural ósmosis)

1. (chemistry) osmosis (movement of molecules across a membrane)

• “ósmosis” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

Borrowed from New Latin ōsmosis, from Koine Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós, “push, thrust”), from a contracted form of Ancient Greek ὠθισμός (ōthismós), ὠστισμός (ōstismós), from ὠθίζω (ōthízō, “to push, to thrust”), from ὠθέω (ōthéō, “to push”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈosmosis/ [ˈoz.mo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osmosis
• Syllabification: ós‧mo‧sis

ósmosis f (plural ósmosis)

1. (chemistry) osmosis (movement of molecules across a membrane)
2. (figurative) mutual influence or interpenetration
3. (slang) osmosis (passive absorption of information)

• “ósmosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024