What is osmosis? what is osmosis? what is the difference between a hypotonic and a hypertonic solution? if an egg is placed in a solution and it stays the same size, what type of solution is being used?

Os·mo·sis[äzˈmōsəs, äsˈmōsəs]NOUNbiologychemistrya process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one, thus equalizing the concentrations on each side of the membrane.synonyms: soaking up · sucking up · drawing up/in · taking up/in · blotting up · [more]the process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc.."what she knows of the blue-blood set she learned not through birthright, not even through wealth, but through osmosis"