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the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through asemipermeable membrane into a solution where thesolvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing theconcentrations of materials on either side of themembrane.

the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porouspartitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.

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