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osmose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
os-mose
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To diffuse by osmosis.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause to diffuse by osmosis.

Transitive verb

noun

Archaic form of osmosis.

Archaic

Etymology

Back-formation from osmosis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

osmoses (present, singular) osmosing (participle, present) osmosed (participle, past) osmosed (past)

Derived Forms

diosmose

Questions

What does osmose mean?
To diffuse by osmosis.
Where does osmose come from?
Back-formation from osmosis.

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