'Pervious' definitions:

Definition of 'pervious'

From: WordNet
adjective
Admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat" [ant: imperviable, impervious]

Definition of 'Pervious'

From: GCIDE
  • Pervious \Per"vi*ous\, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See Per-, and Voyage.]
  • 1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil. [1913 Webster]
  • [Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds. [1913 Webster]

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