Permeating

3 definitions found

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

  permeating \permeating\ permeative \permeative\adj.
     Spreading throughout.
  
     Syn: permeant.
          [WordNet 1.5]



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

  Permeate \Per"me*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Permeated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Permeating}.] [L. permeatus, p. p. of permeare to
     permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]
     1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate
        and pass through without causing rupture or displacement;
        -- applied especially to fluids which pass through
        substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
        --Woodward.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To enter and spread through; to pervade; as, after the
        first setback, the team became permeated with pessimism.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              God was conceived to be diffused throughout the
              whole world, to permeate and pervade all things.
                                                    --Cudworth.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  permeating
       adj : spreading throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he
             punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of
             garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to
             more than one conclusion" [syn: {permeant}, {permeative},
              {pervasive}]