permeate
verb (used with object)
to pass into or through every part of.
permeation
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a word derived from
permeate.
Example Sentences
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The permeation of air into the soil accelerates the release of not only carbon dioxide from organic matter but also other greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
With these so-called legacy materials, methods to prevent or remedy leaching, permeation and other issues are well known, says environmental engineer Andrew Whelton of Purdue University.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2022
The permeation through healthcare is particularly noticeable in three areas: cardiology, sleep medicine, and sports medicine.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2021
Biological cell membranes provide elegant examples of selective permeation in nature, while dialysis tubing used to remove metabolic wastes from blood is a more simplistic technological example.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
It was a conquest marked by no great struggles or victories, an insensible permeation of half a continent.
From The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History by Muir, Ramsay
