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Definition of Impermeable
1. Adjective. Preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through. "A coat impermeable to rain"
Similar to: Retentive, Water-repellent, Water-resistant
Derivative terms: Impermeability, Impermeableness
Antonyms: Permeable
Definition of Impermeable
1. a. Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air.
Definition of Impermeable
1. Adjective. impossible to permeate ¹
2. Adjective. not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impermeable
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Impermeable
1. Not permeable; not permitting the passage of substances (e.g., liquids, gases) or heat through a membrane or other structure. Synonym: impervious. Origin: L. Im-permeabilis, not to be passed through (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impermeable
Literary usage of Impermeable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"impermeable Stricture.—M. CHARI.KS PHILLIPS terminates a series of papers ...
Complete obliteration is perfectly distinct from stricture termed impermeable. ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1869)
"impermeable Dressings in Eczema.—In an article on this subject in Mr. Erasmus
Wilson's "Journal," Mr. Alfred Pullar makes the following remarks on the value ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1842)
"The globulines again he describes as extremely small granules similar to those
of the chyle. On the Effects cfan impermeable Covering applied to the ..."
4. A Treatise on Rivers and Canals: Relating to the Control and Improvement of by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1882)
"The rain, Section of the valley of a river on impermeable strata. Fig. 3- however,
falling on a permeable river basin, as it sinks into the soil, ..."
5. A Treatise on Rivers and Canals: Relating to the Control and Improvement of by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1882)
"The water flowing down the slopes of valleys composed of impermeable strata gradually
... The rain, Section of the valley of a river on impermeable strata. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Inspection of Concrete Construction: Containing Practical by Jerome Cochran (1913)
"impermeable CONCRETE METHODS OF WATERPROOFING CONCRETE Classes of Waterproofing.—The
various methods of rendering concrete waterproof may be classified ..."
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