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PERMEATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does permeating mean?
• PERMEATING (adjective)
The adjective PERMEATING has 1 sense:
1. spreading or spread throughout
Familiarity information: PERMEATING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spreading or spread throughout
Synonyms:
permeant; permeating; permeative; pervasive
Context example:
an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion
Similar:
distributive (serving to distribute or allot or disperse)
Context examples
The diffuse red glow permeating this image comes from the emission of hydrogen gas, while the shimmering blue light is caused by reflection and scattering off small dust particles.
(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)
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