Definition of "osmotic" []

• Of or relating to osmosis. (adjective)

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• "The reason is that these types of liquids have what is called osmotic action, meaning that they draw liquid out of mucous membranes and help shrink swelling, thereby easing discomfort."
• "Theoretically, however, differences in osmotic pressure, surface tension, electrical potential, and so on, offer the same possibility of developing work; and consequently any chemical process whatever that takes place"
• "The technology is also referred to as osmotic power because it relies on osmosis - the tendency of water to move from one side of a porous divider to the other to even out the salt concentration on either side."