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Nachempfindung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • osmosis noun The movement of a solvent, usually water, through a semi-permeable membrane from a weaker solution into a stronger one, so that the concentrations tend to even out.

Senses

Nachempfindung is used for these senses in English:

  • osmosis (figurative) Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the process of teaching or learning particular knowledge incidentally rather than consciously.

osmosis — full definition

  1. noun The movement of a solvent, usually water, through a semi-permeable membrane from a weaker solution into a stronger one, so that the concentrations tend to even out.
  2. noun The gradual, unconscious absorption of knowledge, habits or attitudes simply by being around them.

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