Meanings of slowly permeating in English

The slowly permeating solute mannitol reduces both water potential and turgor potential of the cells.

And though fintech is slowly permeating these divisions, on its own it accounted for just 1 percent.

The interest in microherbs is not only apparent in restaurants but is slowly permeating into the household kitchen, as cooks become adventurous at mealtimes.

Water potentials of solutions were varied between 0 and -5 bar using mannitol (a slowly permeating solute) and ethylene glycol (a rapidly permeating solute), respectively.