osmotic

See also: osmòtic

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒzˈmɒtɪk/, /ɒsˈmɒtɪk/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑzˈmɑtɪk/, /ɑsˈmɑtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

osmotic (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or powered by, osmosis.
   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 11, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 3:

     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.

Derived terms

• chemiosmotic
• electroosmotic
• electro-osmotic
• endoosmotic
• endosmotic
• equiosmotic
• exosmotic
• hydroosmotic
• hyperosmotic
• hypoosmotic
• iso-osmotic
• isosmotic
• microosmotic
• miniosmotic
• nonosmotic
• normoosmotic
• osmolarity
• osmotically
• osmotic pressure
• osmotic pump
• osmotics
• osmoticum

 

Translations

of or relating to osmosis

• Arabic: أُسْمُوزِيّ m (ʔusmōziyy, ʔusmūziyy), أُسْمُوزِيَّة f (ʔusmōziyya, ʔusmūziyya)
• Catalan: osmòtic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滲透的／渗透的 (zh) (shèntòu de)

• Czech: osmotický (cs) m
• Finnish: osmoottinen
• French: osmotique (fr)
• Galician: osmótico
• Greek: ωσμωτικός (el) (osmotikós)
• Hungarian: ozmotikus (hu)
• Irish: osmóiseach
• Italian: osmotico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: osmotisk

  Nynorsk: osmotisk

• Polish: osmotyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: osmótico
• Russian: осмоти́ческий (ru) (osmotíčeskij)
• Spanish: osmótico (es)
• Swedish: osmotisk (sv)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French osmotique.

Adjective

osmotic m or n (feminine singular osmotică, masculine plural osmotici, feminine and neuter plural osmotice)

1. osmotic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	osmotic		osmotică		osmotici	osmotice
	definite	osmoticul		osmotica		osmoticii	osmoticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	osmotic		osmotice		osmotici	osmotice
	definite	osmoticului		osmoticei		osmoticilor	osmoticelor

Related terms

• osmoză