Sentences with phrase «better by osmosis»

But even with respect to the older child, I believe that Satter would say (and she indicated as much in an email to me) that with respect to any behavior at the table, whether it's eating vegetables or putting one's napkin on one's lap, children learn far better by osmosis — by observing your behavior — than through any overt parental pressure, which more often than not can backfire.

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But even with you pledging to be on your best behavior on a regular basis, there does need to be some teaching and explaining involved — manners can't be learned strictly by osmosis.

In their study, University of Nebraska researchers Yulie Meneses and Rolando Flores tested wastewater from whey of Cheddar cheese by subjecting it to reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration, as well as an additional step of spray drying.

You learn by osmosis to do what you do well and to understand how it fits in the process.»

Kate Ravilious reports on the Norwegian company Statkraft's proposal to build a football - stadium - sized plant along a Norwegian fjord that would produce, at best, 25 megawatts of electricity by a process based on osmosis (28 February, p 40).

Going by the earlier definition of what it means to be a geek, it's fair to make the assumption you will absorb a good deal of information via osmosis as you paddle around in the fountain of juicy knowledge that is your other half.

Surrounding Paul is a large ensemble of good friends, and we get to know them almost by osmosis, typical of Hansen - Love's subtle approach.

When Frank is invaded by an evil virus named Thrax (Laurence Fishburne), Osmosis gets one last chance to make good, paired with a blustering blunderbuss of a timed flu capsule named Drix (David Hyde Pierce).