NOUN | process | pervasion, permeation, suffusion | the process of permeating / permeating / permeating or infusing something with a substance |
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Meaning | The process of permeating / permeating / permeating or infusing something with a substance. | |
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Synonyms | permeation, 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 | pervade | spread or diffuse through |
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