Associations to the word «Permeant»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PERMEANT, adjective. (biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer
PERMEANT, noun. (biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer
Dictionary definition
PERMEANT, adjective. Spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.