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English Dictionary: impermeable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impermeable
adj
  1. preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through; "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain"
    Antonym(s): permeable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Impermeable \Im*per"me*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + permeable:
      cf. F. imperm[82]able, L. impermeabilis.]
      Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through
      its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is
      impermeable to water and to air. -- {Im*per"me*a*ble*ness},
      n. -- {Im*per"me*a*bly}, adv.
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