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PERMEATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other
Synonyms:
interpenetration; permeation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("permeation" is a kind of...):
penetration (the act of entering into or through something)
Derivation:
permeate (penetrate mutually or be interlocked)
permeate (spread or diffuse through)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
Synonyms:
permeation; pervasion; suffusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("permeation" is a kind of...):
diffusion ((physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permeation"):
ammonification (impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia)
carbonation (saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water))
impregnation; saturation (the process of totally saturating something with a substance)
Derivation:
permeate (penetrate mutually or be interlocked)
permeate (spread or diffuse through)
permeate (pass through)
