impermeant

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adjective

That cannot permeate through a specified semipermeable membrane.

OriginEnglish permeant ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjectiveimpermeant (comparative more impermeant, superlative most impermeant)

comparative more impermeant · superlative most impermeant

  1. That cannot permeate through a specified semipermeable membrane.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Englishpermeant
  8. Englishimpermeant

From im- + permeant.

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APA

impermeant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impermeant

MLA

“impermeant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impermeant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impermeant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impermeant.

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