NOUN | process | permeation, pervasion, suffusion | the process of permeating / permeating / permeating or infusing something with a substance |
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act | permeation, interpenetration | mutual penetration |
Meaning | The process of permeating / permeating / permeating or infusing something with a substance. | |
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Synonyms | pervasion, suffusion | |
Narrower | 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 | |
Broader | 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 |
Spanish | saturación | |
Verbs | permeate | pass through |
permeate | spread or diffuse through | |
permeate | penetrate mutually or be interlocked |
Meaning | mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other. | |
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Synonym | interpenetration | |
Broader | penetration | The act of entering into or through something |
Verbs | permeate | spread or diffuse through |
permeate | penetrate mutually or be interlocked |
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