osmotic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"A lot of the learning at the beginning here is kind of osmotic," said Adam.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
This led to a six-fold increase in the osmotic energy efficiency.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2024
The cells in our body have a signaling system that responds to various external stimuli such as antibiotics and osmotic pressure changes.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
It’s an osmotic laxative: it works by attracting water molecules to the colon, causing more-watery stool to form.
From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2023
The osmotic growth is dead, and little by little it decays, losing its structure and its form.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
