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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.)play

  Familiarity information: IMPERVIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPERVIOUSNESS (noun)


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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