Synonyms for impermeable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : im-pur-mee-uh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɜr mi ə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for impermeable
Définition of impermeable
Origin :- 1690s, from French imperméable, from Late Latin impermeabilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + permeabilis (see permeable).
- adj impenetrable
- He was so gross, so impermeable to all the subtler issues of being.
- Extract from : « Tales of Space and Time » by Herbert George Wells
- You could not culturalize the impermeable texture of their vulgarity.
- Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
- It is because faith has this origin that it is, in a sense, "impermeable to experience."
- Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
- A word that has reclassified in an entertaining manner our impermeable and eternal ignorance.
- Extract from : « The Roycroft Dictionary » by Elbert Hubbard
- The wing rose by means of a crank and a moveable piston, and was covered by impermeable taffeta.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci » by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
- Jean Cornbutte contrived to surround this part of the pipe with some metallic canvas, which is impermeable by heat.
- Extract from : « A Winter Amid the Ice » by Jules Verne
- In proportion as the air becomes hot by compression, so it cools by expansion, if the vessel containing it is impermeable to heat.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement No. 275 » by Various
- The mechanical impediment to nutrition offered by a large number of impermeable glands promotes rapid emaciation and exhaustion.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- The undulations of the impermeable rocky substratum bring to light the water that gathers in the alluvial beds.
- Extract from : « The Argentine Republic » by Pierre Denis
- The natural perspiration, confined by the impermeable tissue, excites galvanic action between the metals.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
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