osmosis. 1. Movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane, e.g. a cell membrane. 2. The movement of solvent molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a dilute solution to a more concentrated solution. 3. Diffusion of a fluid (e.g., water) through a semipermeable membrane.
The Declaration Of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: August December 1776. After the signing ceremony on August 2, 1776, the Declaration was most likely filed in Philadelphia in the office of Charles Thomson, who served as the Secretary of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1789.