permeable
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈpɜrmiəbl/
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permeable
- First, engineers drill a well several kilometers into permeable rock like sandstone or basalt.
- permeable membrane
- permeable soils
- gas-permeable
Now this is a non permeable, non permeable membrane so it doesn't allow the salt to cross.
- Now this is a non permeable, non permeable membrane so it doesn't allow the salt to cross.
- That causes the inflammation in the gut that breaks the boundary, that breaks the intestinal barrier to be permeable.
- It seems to be some sort of flexible but permeable and hardened material that is unlike something that we've ever seen before.
- And the rare much less so the rear is more permeable.
- And you, you know, normally because it's not actually permeable.
- So and somehow weather has become a bad thing to be in a in a building or to have that permeable skin.
Examples
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It seems to be some sort of flexible but permeable and hardened material that is unlike something that we've ever seen before.
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The new pavement is made of permeable materials, which help reduce flooding by allowing water to seep into the ground.
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Water would go inside because only things that are permeable would go inside.
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The crushed glass also appeared to be more durable and permeable than natural sand.
Academic text (2001) -
So if this membrane is permeable to sodium, it's going to diffuse from inside to outside.
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Beach sand makes highly permeable sandstones, which make wonderful petroleum reservoirs.
Fiction book (1995) -
Clearly, globalization can create permeable borders or impenetrable barriers.
Academic text (2002) -
The garden features a permeable membrane that allows water to drain through it easily.
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Rainwater filters through the permeable soil, nourishing the plants below.
Synonyms
23
4.6
Full of small holes that let water or air pass through
15
3.3
A material that lets air pass through to keep you cool and dry
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7.8
To let water, light, or air pass through
Antonyms
How Permeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word permeable comes from parts meaning 'through', per-, and 'to pass', meare, and you can see the same idea in permeate. So, a permeable material is one that lets water or air 'pass through' it.