permeation
Spreading completely through
Permeation is the process of spreading or passing through something completely.
A smell permeates a room; an idea permeates a culture.
The word emphasizes thorough penetration rather than surface contact: The permeation of digital technology into everyday life has been remarkably swift.
Water permeation through rock creates underground channels over millennia.
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- gradientRate of change across space
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
solvent · equilibrium · selective · molecules · cellular · aquaporin · hypertonic · hypotonic
Enter secretly to observe
pervade · enter · transfix · perforate · pass-through · interpenetrate · ingress · insinuate
Intentionally concealed
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- subversionUndermining established authority
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
incursion · intrusion · stealth · penetration · moles · infiltrator · seepage · insinuation
Spread throughout completely
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- omnipresentExisting everywhere at once
- pervasivePresent throughout, inescapable
- widespreadExisting across many places
all-encompassing · prevalent · dissemination · diffuse · propagation · dispersion · distribution · proliferation
Saturate with liquid
- saturateSoak to full capacity
- drenchedThoroughly wet throughout
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- imbuePervade with feeling
suffuse · infuse · steep · waterlogged · impregnate · percolate · seep · sponge
Pervading mood of place
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
- pervadingSpreading throughout entirely
- suffusingSpreading gradually through
- essenceFundamental nature of something
presence · mood · tone · air · feeling · intangible · enveloping · all-pervading
osmosis
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- gradientRate of change across space
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
solute · solvent · equilibrium · selective · molecules · cellular · aquaporin · hypertonic · hypotonic · isotonic
infiltrate
Enter secretly to observe
pierce · pervade · enter · transfix · perforate · pass-through · interpenetrate · ingress · insinuate · bore
covert
Intentionally concealed
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- subversionUndermining established authority
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
undercover · incursion · intrusion · stealth · penetration · moles · infiltrator · seepage · insinuation · encroachment
pervade
Spread throughout completely
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- omnipresentExisting everywhere at once
- pervasivePresent throughout, inescapable
widespread · all-encompassing · prevalent · dissemination · diffuse · propagation · dispersion · distribution · proliferation · circulation
soak
Saturate with liquid
imbue · suffuse · infuse · steep · waterlogged · impregnate · percolate · seep · sponge · absorb
ambience
Pervading mood of place
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
- pervadingSpreading throughout entirely
- suffusingSpreading gradually through
essence · presence · mood · tone · air · feeling · intangible · enveloping · all-pervading · influence
- manner of spreadingdiffusion, scatter, broadcast, radiation, dispersion
- saturation typescolor saturation, chroma, vividness, intensity, oxygen saturation
- chromatographychromatography, chromatogram, TLC, SEC, columns
- membrane filtrationreverse osmosis, membrane technology, hollow fiber, filtrate, osmosis
- permeabilitypenetrability, porosity, membrane, membranes, osmosis
- Transdermal Absorptiontransdermal patch, skin barrier, percutaneous, absorption rate, nicotine patch
permeationimpermeability
Resistance to passage
blockage · obstruction · sealing · impenetrability · hermetic sealing
permeationcontainment
Preventing hostile expansion
exclusion · expulsion · retention · confinement · isolation