PERMEABLE


Meaning of PERMEABLE in English

■ adjective (of a material or membrane) allowing liquids or gases to pass through it.

Derivatives

permeabilization or permeabilisation noun

permeabilize or permeabilise verb

Origin

ME: from L. permeabilis , from permeare (see permeate ).

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