Reverse osmosis consists in forcing seawater through a membrane that filters out the salt.
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Osmosis
//ɒzˈməʊ̯sɪs//
Synonyms for "osmosis" (67 found)
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55 translations across 40 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَنَاضُح noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
- خَاصِّيَّة أُسْمُوزِيَّة noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Aragonese
1 entries- osmosi noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Asturian
1 entries- ósmosis noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Bengali
1 entries- অভিস্রবণ noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Bulgarian
1 entries- осмоза noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Catalan
1 entries- osmosi noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 渗透 noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
- 耳濡目染 noun (picking up knowledge accidentally)
Czech
1 entries- osmóza noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Danish
1 entries- osmose noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Dutch
1 entries- osmose noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Esperanto
1 entries- osmozo noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Finnish
3 entries- osmoosi noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
- samalla noun (picking up knowledge accidentally)
- through osmosis noun (picking up knowledge accidentally)
French
1 entries- osmose noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Galician
1 entries- osmose noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
German
4 entries- Ansichtenübernahme noun (picking up knowledge accidentally)
- Gedankenansteckung noun (picking up knowledge accidentally)
- Gedankenübernahme noun (picking up knowledge accidentally)
- Gefühlsansteckung noun (picking up knowledge accidentally)
Greek
1 entries- ώσμωση noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Gujarati
1 entries- અભિસરણ noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Hindi
1 entries- परासरण noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Hungarian
1 entries- ozmózis noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Icelandic
1 entries- himnuflæði noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Indonesian
1 entries- osmosis noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Irish
1 entries- osmóis noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Italian
1 entries- osmosi noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Japanese
1 entries- 浸透 noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Khmer
1 entries- អូស្មូស noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Korean
1 entries- 삼투 noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Malayalam
1 entries- വൃതിവ്യാപനം noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Māori
1 entries- rerewai noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Persian
1 entries- اسمز noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Polish
2 entries- osmoza noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
- osmoza noun (picking up knowledge accidentally)
Portuguese
2 entries- osmose noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
- osmose noun (picking up knowledge accidentally)
Russian
1 entries- о́смос noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Shona
1 entries- musenerera noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Spanish
1 entries- ósmosis noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Swedish
1 entries- osmos noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Tagalog
1 entries- pananagos noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Tamil
2 entries- சவ்வூடு பரவல் noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
- பிரசாரணம் noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Telugu
1 entries- ద్రవాభిసరణం noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Thai
1 entries- การออสโมสิส noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự thẩm thấu noun (movement of molecules across a membrane)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
We observed osmosis in today's science experiment.
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You need to do the homework. You can't learn by osmosis.
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When science is boring or hard to learn, people shy away from it. That's why many U.S. universities sponsor road shows staffed with educators who try to make science fun. One of the largest and best-known outreach programs is The Little Shop of Physics at Colorado State University. Founded by CSU Physics professor Brian Jones in 1991, this toyshop for scientists produces gadgets and gizmos that turn concepts like magnetism and osmosis into something kids can actually get their hands on.
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