osmotic

osmotic

See also: osmòtic

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒzˈmɒtɪk/, /ɒsˈmɒtɪk/
• (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 43419454, 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

• hydroosmotic
• miniosmotic
• osmotic pressure
• osmotic pump
• osmotics

Translations

of or relating to osmosis

Arabic: أُسْمُوزِيّ‎ m (ʾusmōziyy, ʾusmūziyy), أُسْمُوزِيَّة‎ f (ʾusmōziyya, ʾusmūziyya) 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 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

From French osmotique.

Adjective

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

1. osmotic

Declension

Declension of osmotic

		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