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Meanings of impermeable in English

Portuguese
impermeável

Preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through.

Related terms
impermeável

Not permitting the passage of water.

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Examples for "permeable"
Examples for "permeable"
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Refugees and migrants stream across permeable borders, arriving by sea and land.
The Guardian
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The resulting cyclic peptides are cell permeable and have improved proteolytic stability.
Pubmed
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The substance of the wall seemed as permeable and yielding as light.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
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Plus, frogs have permeable skin, so they're susceptible to toxins in general.
Gravity
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Follow-up angiography showed the complete removal of permeable AVM in all patients.
Pubmed
Usage of impermeable in English
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According to Stirk: We replaced one big slab building that was impermeable.
The Guardian
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I know the researcher concerned and her energy generally struck me as impermeable.
The Guardian
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Other sites have cranes, impermeable surfaces and safety standards for workers and equipment.
Reuters
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That led international swimming federation FINA to outlaw full-body, impermeable suits in 2009.
Reuters
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The brain-impermeable furosemide antagonized the peripheral, but not central, effects of Compound 6.
Pubmed
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A major obstacle to application is that cellular membranes are impermeable to trehalose.
Pubmed
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It is all a bit too perfect - aesthetically beautiful but emotionally impermeable.
Radio NZ
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Long before pottery, small ceramic sculptures were fired into impermeable hardness.
The Plains of Passage
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After the first sampling, all mattress covers and impermeable encasements were permanently removed.
Pubmed
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Where the city was rough and decayed, the Destroyer was sleek and impermeable.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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Elimination of sweating and heat rashes within the impermeable silicone liners.
The South African
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Ponds with impermeable clay linings are usually dug to contain it.
Reuters
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They are usually square in shape and covered with impermeable and glossy enamel.
The South African
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These membrane-impermeable, pH-sensitive fluorophores initially entered a approximately equal to neutral endocytic compartment.
Pubmed
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Previously, the sea floor had been considered an impermeable barrier sealing methane, Shakhova said.
Reuters
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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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