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unpermeable

unpermeable adjective: impermeable.

Adjective

unpermeable (comparative more unpermeable, superlative most unpermeable)

  1. impermeable
    • The Vorce cell is of the permeable class and the Hargreaves-Bird of the unpermeable.1931, West Virginia Academy of Science, Proceedings, volumes 5-8, page 90

Forms of unpermeable

comparativemore unpermeable
superlativemost unpermeable

Origin of unpermeable

From un- + permeable.

Questions about unpermeable

What does unpermeable mean?
Unpermeable means impermeable.
What part of speech is unpermeable?
Unpermeable is an adjective.

Words near unpermeable in the dictionary

  1. unpermanency
  2. unpermanent
  3. unpermanently
  4. unpermeabilised
  5. unpermeabilized
  6. unpermeable
  7. unpermeablized
  8. unpermeated
  9. unpermed
  10. unpermethylated
  11. unpermineralized

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