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Meanings of permeable in English

Portuguese
permeável

Allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through.

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permeável
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Examples for "impermeable"
Examples for "impermeable"
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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
Usage of permeable in English
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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
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We have to accept that we have permeable borders, he told BBC radio.
Reuters
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I'm very permeable -I don't exactly decide the story myself.
The Guardian
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The separating membranes, you understand, are permeable by these complicated solutions.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
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Highly permeable and selective membranes are desirable for energy-efficient gas and liquid separations.
Pubmed
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At the Interface factory, swapping concrete for more permeable pavement could reduce runoff.
Wired
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When the surface is made permeable to moisture, drying may take place rapidly.
Handwork in Wood
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These peptides were coupled to the cell-permeable peptide TAT to facilitate cellular uptake.
Pubmed
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Put a piece of permeable fabric over it and fill in.
The Irish Times
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Following random allocation, the rats received either a cell-permeable pan-caspase inhibitor or diluent.
Pubmed
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The high-lights alone harden; the light shades, middle tints, and the shadows remain permeable.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881
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Intracellular labeling using these systems requires small, cell-permeable dyes with high brightness and photostability.
Pubmed
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Translations for permeable
Portuguese
permeável
Permeable through the time
Permeable across language varieties
United States of America
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