permeate

t. [Lat. per meatus, pa. par. of permeo to pa through: per =through, and meo = to pa ; Ital. per me are.] 1. To pa through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pa through without causing rupture or displacement of the parts of the substance pa ed through; applied especially to fluids which pa through substances of loose texture; as, Water permeates sand; Light permeates gla . 2. To penetrate and fill; to pervade. "That subtil fiery substance, which permeates and pervades the whole world."- Cudworth : Intell . System, p. 456. per-mě-ā-tion, subst . (PERMEATE.) The act of permeating or pa ing through the pores or interstices of any substance. "A mutual in-existence, and permeation of one another." -Cudworth: Intell. System , p. 559. Perm-i-an, a. & s. [See A. 1.] A. As adjective : 1. Of or belonging to Perm, a province of Ru ia, separated into two parts by the Ural Mountains. 2. Of or belonging to the rocks described under B. B. As substantive: Geol.: The name given by Sir Roderick I. Murchison, in Oct. 1841, to a series of strata previously looked upon as the base of the New Red Sandstone, but which have greater affinity to the Carboniferous deposits. The two strata are now cla ified apart, and it is recognized that between them runs the great break separating the Paleozoic from the Secondary strata. Permian-period, s . Geol.: The period during which the Permian strata were being deposited. per-mis'-çi-ble, a . [Latin permisceo =t. mix thoroughly: per =thoroughly, and misceot aix.] Capable of being mixed; admitting of mixture. "Fire causeth matters per miscible to be." Ashmole: The at rum Chemicum, p. 58. per-mi ', s . [Lat. permi um , neut. singular of per mi us .] [PERMISSION.] A permitted choice or selection; spec if., in rhetoric a figure in which the thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent. per mis-si-bil-i-ty, s. [Eng. permi ible; -ity.] The quality or state of being permi ible; allowable ne .