permeable
adjUK /ˈpɜːmiəbəl/ · CA, US /ˈpɝmiəbəl/
Etymology From Middle English permeable, permiable, from Latin permeābilis.
1
Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.
- permeable strata
- Rainwater sinks through permeable rock to form an underground reservoir.
1 more example
- One hundred thirty-one small, highly permeable masonry wall specimens built of concrete blocks or of bricks were treated with cement-water paints or with other waterproofings.1948, Publications of the National Bureau of Standards, page 213:
2
Broadly Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.
- permeable borders
- permeable boundaries
- Derived terms
- hyperpermeable, permalloy, permeableness, permeablise, permeably, semipermeable, unpermeable
- Related terms
- permeability, porous