Hypertext Webster Gateway: "permeation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Permeation \Per`me*a"tion\, n.
The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading
throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance.

Here is not a mere involution only, but a spiritual
permeation and inexistence. --Bp. Hall.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

permeation
n 1: the process of permeating or infusing [syn: {pervasion}, {impregnation},
{saturation}, {suffusion}]
2: thorough penetration [syn: {interpenetration}]


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