PERMEATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other

Synonyms:

interpenetration; permeation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("permeation" is a kind of...):

penetration (the act of entering into or through something)

Derivation:

permeate (penetrate mutually or be interlocked)

permeate (spread or diffuse through)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance

Synonyms:

permeation; pervasion; suffusion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("permeation" is a kind of...):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permeation"):

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)