IMPERMEABILITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does impermeability mean? • IMPERMEABILITY (noun)
The noun IMPERMEABILITY has 1 sense:
1. the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid
Familiarity information: IMPERMEABILITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• IMPERMEABILITY (noun)
Meaning:
The property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
impermeability; impermeableness
Hypernyms ("impermeability" is a kind of...):
solidity; solidness (the consistency of a solid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impermeability"):
retention; retentiveness; retentivity (the power of retaining liquid)
nonabsorbency (the property of not being absorbent)
Antonym:
permeability (the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion))
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