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The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.
Alma Gluck

Meaning of "permeate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERMEATE

From Latin permeāre, from per- through + meāre to pass.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERMEATE

permeate  [ˈpɜːmɪˌeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERMEATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Permeate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb permeate in English.

WHAT DOES PERMEATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Permeation

In physics and engineering, permeation is the penetration of a permeate through a solid. It is directly related to the concentration gradient of the permeate, a material's intrinsic permeability, and the materials' Mass diffusivity. Permeation is modeled by equations such as Fick's laws of diffusion, and can be measured using tools such as a minipermeameter.

Definition of permeate in the English dictionary

The definition of permeate in the dictionary is to penetrate or pervade. Other definition of permeate is to pass through or cause to pass through by osmosis or diffusion.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PERMEATE

PRESENT

Present
I permeate
you permeate
he/she/it permeates
we permeate
you permeate
they permeate
Present continuous
I am permeating
you are permeating
he/she/it is permeating
we are permeating
you are permeating
they are permeating
Present perfect
I have permeated
you have permeated
he/she/it has permeated
we have permeated
you have permeated
they have permeated
Present perfect continuous
I have been permeating
you have been permeating
he/she/it has been permeating
we have been permeating
you have been permeating
they have been permeating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I permeated
you permeated
he/she/it permeated
we permeated
you permeated
they permeated
Past continuous
I was permeating
you were permeating
he/she/it was permeating
we were permeating
you were permeating
they were permeating
Past perfect
I had permeated
you had permeated
he/she/it had permeated
we had permeated
you had permeated
they had permeated
Past perfect continuous
I had been permeating
you had been permeating
he/she/it had been permeating
we had been permeating
you had been permeating
they had been permeating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will permeate
you will permeate
he/she/it will permeate
we will permeate
you will permeate
they will permeate
Future continuous
I will be permeating
you will be permeating
he/she/it will be permeating
we will be permeating
you will be permeating
they will be permeating
Future perfect
I will have permeated
you will have permeated
he/she/it will have permeated
we will have permeated
you will have permeated
they will have permeated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been permeating
you will have been permeating
he/she/it will have been permeating
we will have been permeating
you will have been permeating
they will have been permeating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would permeate
you would permeate
he/she/it would permeate
we would permeate
you would permeate
they would permeate
Conditional continuous
I would be permeating
you would be permeating
he/she/it would be permeating
we would be permeating
you would be permeating
they would be permeating
Conditional perfect
I would have permeate
you would have permeate
he/she/it would have permeate
we would have permeate
you would have permeate
they would have permeate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been permeating
you would have been permeating
he/she/it would have been permeating
we would have been permeating
you would have been permeating
they would have been permeating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you permeate
we let´s permeate
you permeate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to permeate
Past participle
permeated
Present Participle
permeating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERMEATE


affiliate
əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
alleviate
əˈliːvɪˌeɪt
appreciate
əˈpriːʃɪˌeɪt
associate
əˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt
delineate
dɪˈlɪnɪˌeɪt
denunciate
dɪˈnʌnsɪˌeɪt
deviate
ˈdiːvɪˌeɪt
differentiate
ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪˌeɪt
humiliate
hjuːˈmɪlɪˌeɪt
initiate
ɪˈnɪʃɪˌeɪt
interpermeate
ˌɪntəˈpɜːmɪˌeɪt
irradiate
ɪˈreɪdɪˌeɪt
mediate
ˈmiːdɪˌeɪt
negotiate
nɪˈɡəʊʃɪˌeɪt
officiate
əˈfɪʃɪˌeɪt
radiate
ˈreɪdɪˌeɪt
recreate
ˈrɛkrɪˌeɪt
sociate
ˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt
substantiate
səbˈstænʃɪˌeɪt
vindemiate
vɪnˈdiːmɪˌeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERMEATE

permanganic acid
permeability
permeability coefficient
permeable
permeableness
permeably
permeameter
permeance
permeant
permease
permeation
permeative
permeator
permed
permethrin
Permian
permie
permillage
permissibility
permissible

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERMEATE

aureate
baccalaureate
chalybeate
cocreate
concreate
create
cuneate
ideate
laureate
lineate
linoleate
maleate
nauseate
nucleate
oleate
poet laureate
procreate
re-create
reate
roseate

Synonyms and antonyms of permeate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERMEATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «permeate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of permeate

Translation of «permeate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERMEATE

Find out the translation of permeate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of permeate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «permeate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 全面影响
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trascender a
570 millions of speakers

English

permeate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चूना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتخلل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пронизывают
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

permear
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকুল করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pénétrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meresap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

durchdringen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

浸透する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퍼지다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Permeate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thấm qua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உட்புகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रसरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geçmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

permeare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przenikać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пронизують
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pătrunde
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαπερνούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deurdring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

permeat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjennomsyre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of permeate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERMEATE»

The term «permeate» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.993 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERMEATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about permeate

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8 QUOTES WITH «PERMEATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word permeate.
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David Josiah Brewer
A nation may be born in a day, but the great truths which make for the glory and uplift of the race only through long ages permeate and control humanity. We must have the divine patience and understand the divine mathematics of a thousand years as one day.
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Paul Davies
The language of chemistry simply does not mesh with that of biology. Chemistry is about substances and how they react, whereas biology appeals to concepts such as information and organisation. Informational narratives permeate biology.
3
Alma Gluck
The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.
4
Ciaran Hinds
For all the acting you can do, the actual soul of someone does somehow permeate through their work.
5
Lia Ices
I think that being in an extreme natural setting, and letting the natural world and what it's doing permeate your thoughts, is super-interesting and super-important.
6
Harmony Korine
I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them to be marginalized in the kind of rarefied, elitist world. I always have hopes that the films will permeate culture in a big way. A lot of times, I'm wrong, but it's always the hope.
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Tommy Tune
Time is running out to permeate the piece.
8
Jonathan Zittrain
TV broadcasting is owned, in the sense that governments around the world have asserted power over the airwaves that permeate their territories, deciding who can use what bandwidth and why - and those with licenses then, with exceptions determined by regulators, decide what to broadcast.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERMEATE»

Discover the use of permeate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to permeate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Membrane Gas Separation Processes for Permeate Purification
For an oxygen purity of 0.4, the permeate recovery is -0.53 in the absence of mixing but increases to 0.66 with mixing; these values are both less than the 0.72 value expected in the absence of ID variation. The same trends are observed for  ...
Santosh Anil Sonalkar, 2006
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Effects of Whey Permeate Medium on Mushroom Mycelia ...
CHAPTER 3 EFFECTS OF WHEY PERMEATE BASED MEDIUM ON THE PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF LENTINUS EDODES IN THE SUBMERGED CULTURE Abstract Biomass production, crude water-soluble polysaccharide ( WSP), ash ...
Xiaojun Wu, 2008
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Foreign Features in Jewish Law: How Christian and Secular ...
Therefore, since Preserves the Simple is repeatedly applied to non-Jewish risk practices, the principle serves as a conduit for nonJewish. values. to. permeate. halakhah. _B. A premise} Risk choices embody value judgments and norms 420.
Hillel Charles Gray, 2009
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Membrane and Desalination Technologies
Figure 10.12 shows conductivities of RO feed and permeate at the plant throughout the study. The conductivity of RO feed was in the range of 780–2,310 mS/cm while the corresponding conductivity of RO permeate was 12.1–49.3 mS/ cm.
Lawrence K. Wang, Jiaping Paul Chen, Yung-Tse Hung, 2010
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Hazardous and Industrial Waste Proceedings, 27th ...
Permeate and concentrate oil and grease (0/G) concentrations for the eight summer UF runs are presented in Table 2. Effluent O/G concentration for the M membrane ranged from of the < 5 to 47 mg/L and averaged 18 mg/L. Effluent O/G  ...
Arup K. SenGupta, 1995
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Water Treatment Membrane Processes
Like Eqs. (4.1) and (4.2), Eq. (4.4) predicts that permeate flux should increase proportionally with an increase in Ap. The presence of dissolved and colloidal materials in water can produce deviations from this linear behavior of permeate flux in ...
Joël Mallevialle, P. E. Odendaal, Mark R. Wiesner, 1996
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Crosslinked Polyimide Hollow Fiber Membranes for Aggressive ...
Feed Gas Membrane Modules Pressure Transducer fan heat source permeate to flow meter Feed Gas Membrane Modules Pressure Transducer fan heat source permeate to flow meter Feed Permeate Permeate Permeate Permeate Feed ...
Imona C. Omole, 2008
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Handbook of Membrane Separations: Chemical, Pharmaceutical, ...
20.3 SOLUTIONS FOR INCREASING THE PERMEATE FLUX IN MEMBRANE SEPARATION OF BEER 20.3.1 Backwashinc and Backflushinc Prevention or minimization of fouling and concentration polarization represents one of the main  ...
Anil K. Pabby, Syed S.H. Rizvi, Ana Maria Sastre Requena, 2008
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Gas Purification
Design and Operating Considerations The separation efficiency of a membrane for a given gas mixture will depend on the gas composition, the pressure difference between the feed and the permeate, and the separation factor for the two ...
Arthur L Kohl, Richard Nielsen, 1997
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Ultrafiltration and Microfiltration Handbook
'L^<;XXXX - Permeate Figure 5.26. Schematic of typical plate type membrane module. The feed channel may also contain a spacer (not shown). 5.B.3. PLATE UNITS The plate-type membrane modules were among the earliest configurations ...
Munir Cheryan, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERMEATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term permeate is used in the context of the following news items.
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WHY TEACHERS NEED DIVERSITY TRAINING
But these same dialogues and mindsets permeate EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL in Worcester. To say that diversity trainings are an unnecessary ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
2
Phases Announce New Album For Life For September 2015 Release
The album is said to permeate love and joy, while still having a bit of pain intertwined. For Life is supposed to remind us that life is amazing, ... «mxdwn.com, Jul 15»
3
Taste of Bryant set for Thursday
As summer begins to wind down and plans for going back to school permeate the community, the Bryant Area Chamber of Commerce is ready ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
4
Nano-copper is 10 times stronger than copper
... of graphene and other nano-carbons will help them find their way into a myriad of applications and permeate into many household objects. «Printed Electronics World, Jul 15»
5
Summer sounds, scents permeate season
We've now entered the dog days of summer. What exactly does that term mean? It is the hot, humid part of summer (July-September) when ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»
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Matt Moran's chocolate and olive oil cake a guaranteed crowd-pleaser
Whatever your choice, just be aware that quality is key here, as the flavour will subtly permeate the cake. Using oil instead of butter in a cake ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
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7 reasons to visit Muscat; the enchanting place Aladdin sang about
See the gorgeous coral reefs that permeate the Bandar Al Khayran waters, considered home to many diverse organisms and fish. Tourists can ... «IBNLive, Jul 15»
8
'Doorkeepers' for worship
References to "watchmen," "porters" and "doorkeepers" permeate the Bible. The job carries additional weight in an era when crime can invade ... «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
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Hundreds gather to remember 2 NC girls killed in crash
Every time Dakota hugged me, you could feel love permeate from that child's body, she loved everybody,” Mills said. According to Mills ... «WNCN, Jul 15»
10
The Skriker: global warming, eco-fairytales, and science on the stage
Global warming and climate change are unavoidable issues that permeate news media and increasingly fictional media. 'It's a clarion call … «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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