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S vs Permeant - What's the difference?

s | permeant |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

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.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    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

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