'Permeating' definitions:
Definition of 'permeating'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion" [syn: permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive]
Definition of 'Permeating'
From: GCIDE
- Permeate \Per"me*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Permeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Permeating.] [L. permeatus, p. p. of permeare to permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]
- 1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To enter and spread through; to pervade; as, after the first setback, the team became permeated with pessimism. [1913 Webster]
- God was conceived to be diffused throughout the whole world, to permeate and pervade all things. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'permeating'
From: GCIDE
- permeating \permeating\ permeative \permeative\adj. Spreading throughout.
- Syn: permeant. [WordNet 1.5]