1867, Latinized from osmose (1854), shortened from endosmosis (1830s), from endosmose "inward passage of a fluid through a porous septum" (1829), from French endo- "inward" + Greek osmos "a thrusting, a pushing," from stem of othein "to push, to thrust," from PIE *wedhe- "to push, strike" (cognates: Sanskrit vadhati "pushes, strikes, destroys," Avestan vadaya- "to repulse"). Figurative sense is from 1900. Related: Osmotic (1854, from earlier endosmotic).
例文
1. Water passes into the roots of a plant by osmosis .
水が植物の根元に浸透する。
2.She allowed her life to be absorbed by his，taking on as if by osmosis his likes and dislikes.
彼女は自分を彼の生活に溶け込ませ、彼と同じ好き嫌いを知らず知らずに育てているようだ。
3.Children seem to learn about computers by osmosis .
子供たちはいつの間にかコンピュータを知っているようだ。
4.The membrane process is usually accomplished by either electrodealysis or reverse osmosis .
通常の薄膜法は電気透析法または逆透析法で完成する。
5.If we put the salt water under pressure，we achieve reverse osmosis .