permeant

English

Etymology

From permeate +‎ -ant.

Adjective

permeant (comparative more permeant, superlative most permeant)

1. (biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.

   a permeant ion species

Antonyms

• impermeant

Noun

permeant (plural permeants)

1. (biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.
   • 2004, Kirk et al., editors, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology‎, volume 4, →ISBN, page 376:

     The overall movement of permeants through a polymer is called permeation, which is a multistep process.

Related terms

• permeable
• permeance
• permeation
• permeative

Anagrams

• Peterman, pentamer, peterman, prementa

Latin

Verb

permeant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of permeō