permeable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.
Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.

/ˈpɜːmiəbəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-permeable.wav /ˈpɝmiəbəl/ /ˈpøːmiəbəl/

permeable more permeable most permeable

From Middle English permeable, permiable, from Latin permeābilis.

water-permeable penetrable

impermeable impervious nonpermeable impenetrable

permeability porous

hyperpermeable permalloy permeableness permeablise permeably semipermeable unpermeable

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