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IMPERMEABLENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does impermeableness mean?
• IMPERMEABLENESS (noun)
The noun IMPERMEABLENESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid
Familiarity information: IMPERMEABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
impermeability; impermeableness
Hypernyms ("impermeableness" is a kind of...):
solidity; solidness (the consistency of a solid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impermeableness"):
retention; retentiveness; retentivity (the power of retaining liquid)
nonabsorbency (the property of not being absorbent)
Derivation:
impermeable (preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through)
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