Associations to the word «Semipermeable»

Wiktionary

SEMIPERMEABLE, adjective. Permeable to some things and not to others, as a cell membrane which allows some molecules through but blocks other substances.

Dictionary definition

SEMIPERMEABLE, adjective. (of a membrane) selectively permeable.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats