Osmotic

//ɑzˈmɑtɪk// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to, or powered by, osmosis. not-comparable

    "We saw them waking, we heard them sleeping, we sensed them dreaming, we were permeated completely with the strange Gray Myth of the West and the weird dark Myth of the East when morning came. All my actions since then have been dictated automatically to my subconscious by this horrible osmotic experience."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to osmosis wordnet

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"We saw them waking, we heard them sleeping, we sensed them dreaming, we were permeated completely with the strange Gray Myth of the West and the weird dark Myth of the East when morning came. All my actions since then have been dictated automatically to my subconscious by this horrible osmotic experience."

Related phrases

electro-osmoticiso-osmoticosmotic pressureosmotic pump

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