PERMEANT

permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive

(adjective) spreading or spread throughout; “armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations”; “the pervasive odor of garlic”; “an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

permeant (comparative more permeant, superlative most permeant)

(biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer

Antonyms

• impermeant

Noun

permeant (plural permeants)

(biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer

Anagrams

• Peterman, pentamer, peterman

Source: Wiktionary


Per"me*ant, a. Etym: [L. permeans, p.pr.]

Definition: Passing through; permeating. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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