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permeating
(encz) | permeating,prostupující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Permeating
(gcide) | Permeate \Per"me*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Permeated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Permeating.] [L. permeatus, p. p. of permeare to
permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]
1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate
and pass through without causing rupture or displacement;
-- applied especially to fluids which pass through
substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
--Woodward.
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2. To enter and spread through; to pervade; as, after the
first setback, the team became permeated with pessimism.
[1913 Webster]
God was conceived to be diffused throughout the
whole world, to permeate and pervade all things.
--Cudworth.
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permeating
(gcide) | permeating \permeating\ permeative \permeative\adj.
Spreading throughout.
Syn: permeant.
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permeating
(wn) | permeating
adj 1: 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" [syn: permeant, permeating,
permeative, pervasive] |
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Permeating
(gcide) | Permeate \Per"me*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Permeated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Permeating.] [L. permeatus, p. p. of permeare to
permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]
1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate
and pass through without causing rupture or displacement;
-- applied especially to fluids which pass through
substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
--Woodward.
[1913 Webster]
2. To enter and spread through; to pervade; as, after the
first setback, the team became permeated with pessimism.
[1913 Webster]
God was conceived to be diffused throughout the
whole world, to permeate and pervade all things.
--Cudworth.
[1913 Webster]permeating \permeating\ permeative \permeative\adj.
Spreading throughout.
Syn: permeant.
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