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adj.

That can be permeated or penetrated, especially by liquids or gases: permeable membranes; rock that is permeable by water.

permeably per'me·a·bly adv.

adj

Definition: absorbent, penetrable
Antonyms: impenetrable, impermeable, watertight

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In geomorphology, allowing water to pass through along bedding planes, cracks, fissures, and joints, and through rock pores. Permeable rocks also have the capacity to be saturated by water.

Not impassable; pervious; permitting passage of a substance.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gennemtrængelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
waterdoorlatend

Français (French)
adj. - perméable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - durchlässig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (δια)περατός

Italiano (Italian)
permeabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - permeável

Русский (Russian)
негерметичный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - permeable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - genomtränglig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
有浸透性的, 能透过的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有浸透性的, 能透過的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 삼투[투과]할 수 있는, 투과성[삼투성]의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 透過性の, 浸透される, 浸透性の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نفاذ, منفذ, قابل للنفاذ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חדיר, ניתן לחלחול‬

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