PERMEATION
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- [n] mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other
- [n] the process of permeating or infusing
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| | Synonyms: | | impregnation, interpenetration, pervasion, saturation, suffusion |
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| | See Also: | | ammonification, carbonation, diffusion, penetration | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per`me*a"tion\, n.
The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading
throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance.
Here is not a mere involution only, but a spiritual
permeation and inexistence. --Bp. Hall.
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| | Related Terms: | | brewing, decoction, diffusion, drench, drenching, ducking, dunking, imbruement, imbuement, impregnation, infiltration, infusion, injection, instillation, instillment, interpenetration, leaching, lixiviation, maceration, marination, overrunning, overspreading, overswarming, penetration, percolation, pervasion, pulping, saturation, seething, soak, soakage, soaking, sopping, souse, sousing, steeping, suffusion, transfusion |
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