Associations to the word «Permeation»

Wiktionary

PERMEATION, noun. The movement of a fluid through a porous or permeable solid.
PERMEATION, noun. (medicine) The spreading of something (especially something malignant) through the body via blood vessels etc.

Dictionary definition

PERMEATION, noun. The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance.
PERMEATION, noun. Mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke