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[syn: impermeability, impermeableness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impermeable \Im*per"me*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + permeable:
cf. F. imperm['e]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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
impermeableness
n 1: the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a
liquid [syn: impermeability, impermeableness] [ant:
permeability, permeableness]