transmeate
transmeate verb: to pass over or beyond.
Verb
transmeate (third-person singular simple present transmeates, present participle transmeating, simple past and past participle transmeated)
- To pass over or beyond.
- “The transparency of the air, and of diaphanous bodies in general, is wholly inexplicable, if we suppose that a foreign body, emanating from a source of light, (for instance, the sun,) transmeates them; for this supposition would account for their ..."1844, The Dublin University Magazine, page 289
- That the space consisting solely of actives of the fourth finite and enclosed by the ethereal volume, can transmeate the atmosphere with a perfectly free current;1846, Emanuel Swedenborg, The Principia: Or, The First Principles of Natural Things, page 327
Forms of transmeate
| third-person singular present | transmeates |
|---|---|
| present participle | transmeating |
| past participle | transmeated |
| past | transmeated |
Origin of transmeate
From Latin transmeatus, past participle of transmeare (“to pass across”), from trans (“across, over”) + meare (“to go”).
Words formed from transmeate
Questions about transmeate
- What does transmeate mean?
- Transmeate means to pass over or beyond.
- What part of speech is transmeate?
- Transmeate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of transmeate?
- The past tense of transmeate is transmeated.
Words near transmeate in the dictionary
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