osmosis
/ˌɔzˈmoʊsɪs/
the gradual absorption of ideas or knowledge; movement of molecules through a membrane
osmosis in a sentence
“He seemed to learn languages by osmosis, simply from being around speakers.”
Origin of osmosis
Greek osmos a push, impulse + -osis denoting a process or condition
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a mutually beneficial relationship between different organisms or groups
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the system of names or terms used in a particular field
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