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IMPERMEABILITY

• 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.

• IMPERMEABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

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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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Useful links:
Pronunciation of solidity
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Pronunciation of retention
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