permeable
Example Sentences
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“When we changed it to permeable material, it absorbed the sound and made everything a lot quieter and a lot cooler too.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The models indicate that the amount of fractured, permeable rock created by an impact depended mainly on the energy of the collision, which was controlled by the asteroid's size and speed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
Their improvements made the protist's cell walls permeable, allowing scientists to clearly observe its inner architecture for the first time.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
The other concrete walkways were replaced by flagstones, creating more natural and permeable pathways through the garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
The main obstacle for the diffusion process being developed by Urey was its reliance on uranium hexafluoride gas, the detestable “hex,” which lived up to its nickname by severely corroding every permeable barrier Urey tried.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing permeable
Cell Biology - Middle School
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Life Science: Cell Biology
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The Water Cycle - Introductory
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