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Meanings of impermeable in English

Portuguese
impermeável

Preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through.

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        impermeável

        Not permitting the passage of water.

              Usage of impermeable in English
              1
              According to Stirk: We replaced one big slab building that was impermeable.
              The Guardian
              2
              I know the researcher concerned and her energy generally struck me as impermeable.
              The Guardian
              3
              Other sites have cranes, impermeable surfaces and safety standards for workers and equipment.
              Reuters
              4
              That led international swimming federation FINA to outlaw full-body, impermeable suits in 2009.
              Reuters
              5
              The brain-impermeable furosemide antagonized the peripheral, but not central, effects of Compound 6.
              Pubmed
              6
              A major obstacle to application is that cellular membranes are impermeable to trehalose.
              Pubmed
              7
              It is all a bit too perfect - aesthetically beautiful but emotionally impermeable.
              Radio NZ
              8
              Long before pottery, small ceramic sculptures were fired into impermeable hardness.
              The Plains of Passage
              9
              After the first sampling, all mattress covers and impermeable encasements were permanently removed.
              Pubmed
              10
              Where the city was rough and decayed, the Destroyer was sleek and impermeable.
              Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
              11
              Elimination of sweating and heat rashes within the impermeable silicone liners.
              The South African
              12
              Ponds with impermeable clay linings are usually dug to contain it.
              Reuters
              13
              They are usually square in shape and covered with impermeable and glossy enamel.
              The South African
              14
              These membrane-impermeable, pH-sensitive fluorophores initially entered a approximately equal to neutral endocytic compartment.
              Pubmed
              15
              Previously, the sea floor had been considered an impermeable barrier sealing methane, Shakhova said.
              Reuters
              16
              A border is not an impermeable wall, but a collection of very permeable individuals.
              The increment: a novel
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              Translations for impermeable
              Portuguese
              impermeável
              Impermeable through the time
              Impermeable across language varieties
              United States of America
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