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IMPERVIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does imperviousness mean?
• IMPERVIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun IMPERVIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
Familiarity information: IMPERVIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
impenetrability; imperviousness
Hypernyms ("imperviousness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Antonym:
perviousness (the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.))
Derivation:
impervious (not admitting of passage or capable of being affected)
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