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Permeant vs Perceant - What's the difference?

permeant | perceant |

As adjectives the difference between permeant and perceant

is that permeant is able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer while perceant is piercing, sharp.

As a noun permeant

is a substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.

permeant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer
    • a permeant ion species

    Antonyms

    * impermeant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer
  • * {{quote-book, 2004, , Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, volume=4, editors=Kirk et al. citation
    • , passage=The overall movement of permeants through a polymer is called permeation, which is a multistep process.}}

    Related terms

    * permeable * permeance * permeation * permeative

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    perceant

    English

    Alternative forms

    *persant

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spendser), The Faerie Queene , I.10:
  • *:wondrous quick and persant was his spright, / As Eagles eye, that can behold the Sunne [...].