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igomit [66]
3 years ago
11

What is the definition of osmosis

Biology
2 answers:
Korvikt [17]3 years ago
7 0
Osmosis is basically the spread of water across a particular absorbent membrane.
nadya68 [22]3 years ago
3 0
A process of where molecules of a solvent tend pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one, equalizing the concentrations on each side of the membrane.
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