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单词 permeable
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permeableadj.

Brit. /ˈpəːmɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈpərmiəb(ə)l/
Forms: late Middle English permiable, late Middle English– permeable.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin permeabilis.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin permeabilis that can be passed through (3rd or 4th cent.) < classical Latin permeāre permeate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French, French perméable (1556; 1583 in sense 2), Italian permeabile (1712 in science: compare sense 2).
1.
a. Of a building: †able to be entered, penetrable (obsolete). Of an area, region, etc.: that can be traversed, passable. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be
trespassablec1400
permeable?a1439
passable1483
travellable1521
passageable1574
perviable1610
transpassable1614
perviousa1631
commerceable1654
traversable1658
practicable1710
viable1856
crossable1865
negotiable1880
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > that may be passed through
permeable?a1439
transpassable1614
transpenetrable1615
perviousa1631
pertransible1656
thoroughfaresome1674
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. 2168 (MED) Aristobolus..for the temple was strong & nat permiable, Leide a siege aboute in breede & lengthe Space of thre monethes & gat it so bi strengthe.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 63 (MED) The hilles callede Caspii be..vnnethe permeable [L. permeabiles] with oxen.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 150 It slides down the softer and more permeable Orifice, into the Omasus or third stomack.
1975 P. Scupham Sel. Poems (1990) 19 Divers... In a free fall, we leave the surface play And work of light; traverse the permeable deeps That close about our origins.
b. Capable of being permeated; permitting the diffusion of something through it; pervious to something. Also with by.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [adjective] > permeable
pervious1627
permeable1773
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > permeating > permeable
portuall1603
pervious1627
permeable1773
1773 M. DuBourg Let. 25 Mar. in B. Franklin Wks. (1887) V. 118 Different kinds of glass, permeable or impermeable to electricity.
1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. (1983) 1st Ser. ii A company of men, plastic and permeable to principles,..must overpower and ride all cities, nations, kings..who are not.
1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernat. (1860) xv. 515 Inspirable creatures, permeable by God's life, as a crystal by the light.
1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 251 Cast steel is as permeable to ether as a grove of trees is permeable to wind.
1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. iii. 22 The Cotswolds are based on more resistant strata, permeable at least in part and dipping gently towards the south-east.
1988 D. French Working (1991) x. 332 We had heard that it was wise to avoid lambskin condoms, as any condom made out of a natural membrane might be permeable by the virus.
2001 C. Kelly Russ. Lit. vii. 122 Cossack settlers in the Caucasus, rather than defending the front line between Russians and other ethnic groups, demonstrated how permeable it was.
2. Of a fluid: capable of permeating; penetrative. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > permeating
permeant1646
permeative1657
permeable1661
permeating1661
perviousa1677
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. C5 It generateth good, temperate, and permeable juyce.
1752 G. Randolph Enq. Medicinal Virtues Bath-water 53 Bath water..is withal so active and permeable as to reach the remotest parts.
1848 London Jrnl. Arts, Sci., & Manuf. 32 67 The hypothesis assumes it [sc. magnetism] to be a matter, but of so attenuated, subtle, and permeable a kind, that when in a free state, no apparatus..is capable of retaining it.

Derivatives

ˈpermeableness n. rare = permeability n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > through any medium or space > permeation > ability to be permeated
perviousness1660
permeableness1684
permeability1760
transpirability1864
1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies viii. 128 The Permeableness of ordinary Glass Vessels to Chymical Liquors.
1988 R. Handler Nationalism & Politics of Culture in Quebec i. 8 In the face of the continued emergence of such differences—and of mal- or dis-integration, permeableness, and vagueness of boundaries—many scholars have de-emphasized the objective reality of groups.
ˈpermeably adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adverb] > through > in permeable manner
permeably1847
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Permeably, in a permeable manner.
1961 Gloss. Terms Gas Industry (B.S.I.) 65 Permeably-lined furnace, a furnace from which products of combustion are evacuated through the permeable walls.
1994 Amer. Potato Jrnl. 71 504 Our results..illustrate the importance of a well-developed native periderm that is permeably mature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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