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osmosis

movement of water towards to more concentrated compartment
Intangible chemical_process Q54237
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Summary

osmosis is a chemical process[1]. osmosis ranks in the top 4% of chemical process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,119 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: diffusion[3]
  • Commons category: Osmosis[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Osmosis[5]
  • Commons gallery: Osmosis[6]
  • Described by source: Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Encyclopaedia Hebraica[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], The New Student's Reference Work[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[14]
  • Uses: semipermeable membrane[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

Why It Matters

osmosis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] osmosis is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → —
    Uses → semipermeable membrane
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2680676
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