Permeant

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.

    "The overall movement of permeants through a polymer is called permeation, which is a multistep process."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.

    "a permeant ion species"

Adjective
  1. 1
    spreading or spread throughout wordnet

Synonyms

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permeatingpermeatingpermeativepervasive

Example

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"The overall movement of permeants through a polymer is called permeation, which is a multistep process."

Etymology

From permeate + -ant.

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