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Adjective: permeable  pur-mee-u-bul
  1. Allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
    "permeable membranes"; "rock that is permeable by water"

See also: leaky, permeability, pervious, porous, semipermeable

Antonym: impermeable

Encyclopedia: Permeable

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