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Osmose (&obreve_;zmōs), n. [Gr. &unr_;, equiv. to &unr_; impulse, fr. &unr_; to push.] (Chemical Physics) (a) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. Same as osmosis, which see.
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Electric osmose, or Electric endosmose (Elec.), the transportation of a liquid through a porous septum by the action of an electric current.
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