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What does osmosis mean?

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Noun
  1. The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.
  2. Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.
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Osmotic pressure is a measure of the extra pressure that has to be exerted to counteract osmosis.
An increasingly popular process, reverse osmosis, essentially filters water at the molecular level, by forcing it through a membrane.
Reverse osmosis is best known for its use in desalination, the process of turning sea water into drinking water.
Therefore, water tends to flow into the cell by osmosis, down its concentration gradient.
By interaction and osmosis, the prevailing attitude shifts from one of doctrine, to that of a general consensus.
Tertiary treatment is a combination of treatments or advanced methods such as distillation, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, and the like.

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