the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Pertaining to, or having the property of, osmosis.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to or characterized by osmose: as, osmotic force.
n. Same as osmogene.
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adj. of or relating to osmosis
Word Usage
"Theoretically, however, differences in osmotic pressure, surface tension, electrical potential, and so on, offer the same possibility of developing work; and consequently any chemical process whatever that takes place"