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Permeable   /pˈərmiəbəl/   Listen
Permeable

adjective
1.
Allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through.  "Rock that is permeable by water"



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"Permeable" Quotes from Famous Books



... whole substance will have acquired a yellow colour, and semi-transparent appearance. Mr. S—— is of opinion, that swelling and raising hides is not necessary, and that the hides tanned without this operation are less permeable to water. On tanning on the new principle, as practised by Mr. S——, he places several rows of casks on stillings sufficiently elevated above the ground to place a can or tub under them; these casks were filled with ...
— The American Practical Brewer and Tanner • Joseph Coppinger


Words linked to "Permeable" :   pervious, permeability, impermeable, leaky, semipermeable, porous


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