Pervasion

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pervasion \Per*va"sion\ (p[~e]r*v[=a]"zh[u^]n), n. [L. pervasio.
     See {Pervade}.]
     The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole
     extent of a thing. --Boyle.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pervasion
       n : the process of permeating or infusing something with a
           substance [syn: {permeation}, {suffusion}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "pervasion":
     decoction, diffusion, imbuement, impregnation, infiltration,
     infusion, instillation, instillment, interpenetration, marination,
     overrunning, overspreading, overswarming, penetration, permeation,
     saturation, soaking, steeping, suffusion, transfusion