Osmosis is the movement of molecules through a membrane.
Osmosis may also refer to:
Physical Capillary osmosis, the motion of liquid in a porous body Electro-osmosis, the motion of liquid induced by an applied potential Forward osmosis, a process that uses a semi-permeable membrane to effect separation of water from dissolved solutes Reverse osmosis, a membrane-technology filtration method Pressure-retarded osmosis, the salinity gradient energy retrieved from the difference in the salt concentration between seawater and river water Standing gradient osmosis, the reabsorption of water against the osmotic gradient in the intestines
Popular culture Osmosis Jones, a 2001 live-action/animated comedy film and the main character Osmosis Jones (soundtrack), the soundtrack for the named film Osmosis Records (Osmose Productions), a French independent record label Ozzmosis, a studio album by heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne Osmosis, a reissue of an album originally released in 1961 as Bash! Osmosis (TV series), a 2019 science-fiction Netflix series Osmosis, the K♣ game in manga series Alice In Borderland and subsequent Netflix series
Other uses Osmosis (band), a band whose song "She (Didn't Remember My Name)" peaked at number 2 in Australia in 1974; see List of Top 25 singles for 1974 in Australia Osmosis demonstration, a set of techniques used in schools to instruct students Social osmosis, the indirect infusion of social/cultural knowledge Osmosis, is a command line Java application for processing OpenStreetMap data Osmosis (solitaire), a solitaire card game "Osmosis", song by Good Kid, 2023
See also
Electrokinetic phenomena Osmotic pressure Osmotrophy Passive transport Plasmolysis