Lexic.us

Definition of Impermeableness

1. Noun. The property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impermeableness

Literary usage of Impermeableness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Emporium of Arts and Sciences by John Redman Coxe (1812)
"The porous structure of the bricks, added to the impermeableness of the intermediate stratum of air, would so ill conduct heat, that such walls would ..."

2. The Assault on Humanism by Paul Shorey (1917)
"... a far more full- bodied abstracter of the quintessence of No Thoroughfare or Durchgang Verboten, than 'impenetrability,' 'impermeableness,' or ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases, Injuries, and Malformations of the by Samuel David Gross (1855)
"The question as to the impermeableness of stricture, so important in a practical point of view, can be decided only by an appeal to individual experience, ..."

4. Healthy Houses: A Handbook to the History, Defects, and Remedies of Drainage by William Eassie (1872)
"The inventor claimed for this material, when applied to foundations, hardness and impermeableness to moisture, and also a considerable amount of ..."

5. Healthy Houses: A Handbook to the History, Defects, and Remedies of Drainage by William Eassie (1872)
"The inventor claimed for this material, when applied to foundations, hardness and impermeableness to moisture, and also a considerable amount of ..."

6. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1808)
"The porous structure of the bricks, added to the impermeableness of the intermediate stratum of air, would so ill conduct hent, that such walls would ..."

7. Tramps Through Tyrol: Life, Sport, and Legend by Frederick Wolcott Stoddard (1912)
"... can be made to weigh only one and a half pounds, and from its lightness and impermeableness to rain it is invaluable to pedestrians. ..."

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