osmose

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English

Etymology

Back-formation from osmosis.

Verb

osmose (third-person singular simple present osmoses, present participle osmosing, simple past and past participle osmosed)

  1. (intransitive) To diffuse by osmosis.
  2. (transitive) To cause to diffuse by osmosis.

Translations

Noun

osmose

  1. Archaic form of osmosis.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

osmose c (singular definite osmosen, not used in plural form)

  1. osmosis

Declension

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔs.moz/
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Noun

osmose m (uncountable)

  1. osmosis

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: os‧mo‧se

Noun

osmose f (plural osmoses)

  1. osmosis (movement of molecules through a membrane)