Defn: The state of being imperfect.
IMPERFORABLE
Im*per"fo*ra*ble, a. Etym: [See Imperforate.]
Defn: Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.
IMPERFORATA
Im*per"fo*ra"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Imperforate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.
IMPERFORATE; IMPERFORATED Im*per"fo*rate, Im*per"fo*ra"ted, a. Etym: [L. pref. im- not + perforatus, p. p. of perforate to perforate. See Perforate.]
Defn: Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. Sir J. Banks.
IMPERFORATION
Im*per`fo*ra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imperforation.]
Defn: The state of being without perforation.
IMPERIAL
Im*pe"ri*al, a. Etym: [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F. impérial, fr.
L. imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty, empire. See
Empire.]