Terms vs Permeant - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between terms and permeant

is that terms is while permeant is (biochemistry) a substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.

(biochemistry) able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.

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(en adjective)

(biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer

a permeant ion species

* impermeant

(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.}}

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