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osmotic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɒzˈmɒtɪk/
  • UK: /ɒsˈmɒtɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɑzˈmɑtɪk/
  • US: /ɑsˈmɑtɪk/
  • rhymes with -ɒtɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: AA0 Z M AA1 T AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to, or powered by, osmosis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to osmosis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • osmotic pressure

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُسْمُوزِيّ (ʔusmōziyy, ʔusmūziyy) — of or relating to osmosis
  • Arabic: أُسْمُوزِيَّة (ʔusmōziyya, ʔusmūziyya) — of or relating to osmosis
  • Catalan: osmòtic — of or relating to osmosis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滲透的 /渗透的 (shèntòu de) — of or relating to osmosis
  • Czech: osmotický — of or relating to osmosis
  • Finnish: osmoottinen — of or relating to osmosis
  • French: osmotique — of or relating to osmosis
  • Galician: osmótico — of or relating to osmosis
  • Greek: ωσμωτικός (osmotikós) — of or relating to osmosis
  • Hungarian: ozmotikus — of or relating to osmosis
  • Irish: osmóiseach — of or relating to osmosis
  • Italian: osmotico — of or relating to osmosis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: osmotisk — of or relating to osmosis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: osmotisk — of or relating to osmosis
  • Polish: osmotyczny — of or relating to osmosis
  • Portuguese: osmótico — of or relating to osmosis
  • Russian: осмоти́ческий (osmotíčeskij) — of or relating to osmosis
  • Spanish: osmótico — of or relating to osmosis
  • Swedish: osmotisk — of or relating to osmosis