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impermeable

[ im-pur-mee-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not permeable; impassable.
  2. Chemistry, Geology. (of porous substances, rocks, etc.) not permitting the passage of a fluid through the pores, interstices, etc.


impermeable

/ 瑟尘藞辫蓽藧尘瑟蓹产蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. (of a substance) not allowing the passage of a fluid through interstices; not permeable
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

impermeable

  1. Relating to a material through which substances, such as liquids or gases, cannot pass. Some substances, such as some types of contact lenses, are permeable to gas but impermeable to liquid.
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Derived Forms

  • 颈尘藢辫别谤尘别补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
  • 颈尘藞辫别谤尘别补产濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈尘路辫别谤顎卪别路补路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 颈尘路辫别谤顎僲别路补路产濒别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 颈尘路辫别谤顎僲别路补路产濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of impermeable1

From the Late Latin word 颈尘辫别谤尘别腻产颈濒颈蝉, dating back to 1690鈥1700. See im- 2, permeable
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Municipal wells typically draw drinking water from hundreds of feet underground, often tapping into aquifers that lie beneath impermeable clay and silt layers called aquitards.

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Some options include expanding natural floodplains and removing impermeable pavement from cities 鈥 approaches that allow the soil to absorb more rainfall, lessening flood risk, and at the same time stockpiling water underground for future use.

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It is the fantasy of an impermeable barrier that allows one鈥檚 purity to remain unsullied.

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By that they mean, if not quite wiping out the Conservatives, chipping away yet further at what had long seemed impermeable Tory territory primarily in southern England.

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Roberts said that Chiquita Canyon was far behind schedule with the installation of a large impermeable cover, which was intended to suppress odors.

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