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impermeable
[ im-pur-mee-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- not permeable; impassable.
- Chemistry, Geology. (of porous substances, rocks, etc.) not permitting the passage of a fluid through the pores, interstices, etc.
impermeable
/ ɪˈɜːɪəə /
adjective
- (of a substance) not allowing the passage of a fluid through interstices; not permeable
impermeable
/ ĭ-û′ŧ-ə-ə /
- Relating to a material through which substances, such as liquids or gases, cannot pass. Some substances, such as some types of contact lenses, are permeable to gas but impermeable to liquid.
Derived Forms
- ˌˈٲ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·m··i·ٲ ·m···Ա noun
- ·m·· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of impermeable1
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Example Sentences
Municipal wells typically draw drinking water from hundreds of feet underground, often tapping into aquifers that lie beneath impermeable clay and silt layers called aquitards.
Some options include expanding natural floodplains and removing impermeable pavement from cities — approaches that allow the soil to absorb more rainfall, lessening flood risk, and at the same time stockpiling water underground for future use.
It is the fantasy of an impermeable barrier that allows one’s purity to remain unsullied.
By that they mean, if not quite wiping out the Conservatives, chipping away yet further at what had long seemed impermeable Tory territory primarily in southern England.
Roberts said that Chiquita Canyon was far behind schedule with the installation of a large impermeable cover, which was intended to suppress odors.
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