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PERMEANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does permeant mean?
• PERMEANT (adjective)
The adjective PERMEANT has 1 sense:
1. spreading or spread throughout
Familiarity information: PERMEANT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spreading or spread throughout
Synonyms:
permeant; permeating; permeative; pervasive
Context example:
an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion
Similar:
distributive (serving to distribute or allot or disperse)
Derivation:
permeate (spread or diffuse through)
permeate (pass through)
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