permeable
IPA: pˈɝmiʌbʌɫ
adjective
- Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.
- (by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.
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Examples of "permeable" in Sentences
- They are all permeable, and the reason they're permeable is that nobody likes someone who talks shit about other people.
- However, the seized products were in permeable packages and held under conditions that could affect the food's integrity and quality.
- They simply don't see the avatar as any kind of permeable, interactive vehicle that will then be inhabited by real people to use, with their rights.
- This includes a stout casing and what is known as a permeable polymer separator, which stops the electrodes in the cell touching each other and causing a short circuit.
- Only when she turned a certain way did it become clear that what rested atop her muscle and bone was not skin, but a kind of permeable membrane that anything could pass through.
- If a new driveway or parking area is constructed using permeable surfaces such as permeable concrete block paving, porous asphalt or gravel, or if the water is otherwise able to soak into the ground you will not require planning permission.
- More recently, we have also developed a method for examining the microscopic and macroscopic properties of fluids with restricted flow geometries, such as permeable and semi-permeable membranes, and used it to study phenomena such as osmosis, reverse osmosis and electro-osmosis.
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