| 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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