Definizione monolingua

osmosis

osmosis (plural osmoses)

1. The net movement of solvent molecules from a region of high solvent potential to a region of lower solvent potential through a partially permeable membrane
2. (slang) Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.

   I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis.

   • 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pages 36-37 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)

     At age fourteen, by a process of osmosis, of dirty jokes, whispered secrets and filthy ballads, Tristram learned of sex.

Definizione dizionario osmosis

	osmosi
	movement of molecules from a region of high solvent potential to low
	The passage of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane separating two solutions of different concentrations. (Source: DICCHE)

Altri significati:

(slang) Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.

The net movement of solvent molecules from a region of high solvent potential to a region of lower solvent potential through a partially permeable membrane