'Permeation' definitions:
Definition of 'permeation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance [syn: permeation, pervasion, suffusion]
noun
Mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other [syn: interpenetration, permeation]
Definition of 'Permeation'
From: GCIDE
- Permeation \Per`me*a"tion\, n. The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance. [1913 Webster]
- Here is not a mere involution only, but a spiritual permeation and inexistence. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'permeation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- brewing,
- decoction,
- diffusion,
- drench,
- drenching,
- ducking,
- dunking,
- imbruement,
- imbuement,
- impregnation,
- infiltration,
- infusion,
- injection,
- instillation,
- instillment,
- interpenetration,
- leaching,
- lixiviation,
- maceration,
- marination,
- overrunning,
- overspreading,
- overswarming,
- penetration,
- percolation,
- pervasion,
- pulping,
- saturation,
- seething,
- soak,
- soakage,
- soaking,
- sopping,
- souse,
- sousing,
- steeping,
- suffusion,
- transfusion