Permeative vs Permeant - What's the difference?
permeative | permeant | Related terms |
(biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer
(biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer
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Permeative is a related term of permeant.
As an adjective permeant is
(biochemistry) able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.As a noun permeant is
(biochemistry) a substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.permeative
Not English
Permeative has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'permeative':
premature, primitive, pyrimidine, parentage, printable, parametrize, premeditate, perrhenate, primative, permutant, perimidine, pyrindene, permittee, parentese, parametrise, promotive, primitivist, perendinate, promotable, permutate, primidone, permutable, pyramidlike, permutative, printlike, parentcraft, perennate, parentlike, parnauite, perhamite, parametre, pronatalist, paramitome, permutite, permittance, premediate, pranidipine, primitivize, pyrimidone, permittable, promotest, pyramidiotpermeant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a permeant ion species
Antonyms
* impermeantNoun
(en noun)citation