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permeant

permeant adjective: able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.

Adjective

permeant (comparative more permeant, superlative most permeant)

  1. Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.
    • a permeant ion species

Noun

permeant (plural permeants)

  1. A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.
    • The overall movement of permeants through a polymer is called permeation, which is a multistep process.2004, Kirk et al., editors, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, volume 4, →ISBN, page 376

Antonyms of permeant

Forms of permeant

Adjective
comparativemore permeant
superlativemost permeant
Noun
pluralpermeants

Origin of permeant

From permeate + -ant.

Questions about permeant

What does permeant mean?
Permeant means able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.
What part of speech is permeant?
Permeant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near permeant in the dictionary

  1. permeameter
  2. permeameters
  3. permeametry
  4. permeance
  5. permeances
  6. permeant
  7. permeants
  8. permease
  9. permeases
  10. permeate
  11. permeated

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