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
- The binder is permeable to oxygen.
- The permeable loess was found to be cracked.
- The bottoms of the cells are permeable to water.
- The membrane is permeable to water but not to sugar.
- The boundaries of relational transgressions are permeable.
- The matrix is sufficiently porous to be enzyme and substrate permeable.
- By preference the membrane is only slightly permeable for the electrolyte.
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