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It means nothing can get through it. Some things are permeable, meaning that liquids or other matter can "permeate" them or get into them, like a kitchen sponge for instance. Others are impermeable, meaning nothing can get through or into them.
In geography and other sciences, impermeable refers to materials, such as rock, that will not allow the penetration of fluids such as water.

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