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permeable


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Permeable  \Per"me*a*ble\,  a.  [L.  permeabilis:  cf  F. 
  perm['e]able.  See  {Permeate}.] 
  Capable  of  being  permeated,  or  passed  through  yielding 
  passage;  passable;  penetrable;  --  used  especially  of 
  substances  which  allow  the  passage  of  fluids;  as  wood  is 
  permeable  to  oil;  glass  is  permeable  to  light.  --I.  Taylor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  permeable 
  adj  :  allowing  (especially  liquids)  to  pass  or  diffuse  through 
  "permeable  membranes";  "rock  that  is  permeable  by 
  water"  [ant:  {impermeable}] 




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