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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)


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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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