PERMEANCE
Per"me*ance, n. [See Permeant.]
Defn: Permeation; specif. (Magnetism),
Defn: the reciprocal of reluctance.
PERMEANT
Per"me*ant, a. Etym: [L. permeans, p.pr.]
Defn: Passing through; permeating. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
PERMEATE
Per"me*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Permeated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Permeating.] Etym: [L. permeatus, p.p. of permeare to permeate; per +
meare to go, pass.]
1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; — applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand. Woodward.
2. To enter and spread through; to pervade. God was conceived to be diffused throughout the whole world, to permeate and pervade all things. Cudworth.
PERMEATION
Per`me*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance. Here is not a mere involution only, but a spiritual permeation and inexistence. Bp. Hall.