The Collaborative International Dictionary
Permeant
Permeant \Per"me*ant\, a. [L. permeans, p. pr.]
Passing through; permeating. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
permeant
1640s, from Latin permeantem (nominative permeans), present participle of permeare "to pass through" (see permeable).
Wiktionary
permeant
a. (context biochemistry English) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer n. (context biochemistry English) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer
WordNet
permeant
adj. spreading throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion" [syn: permeating, permeative, pervasive]
Usage examples of "permeant".
The heavy juniper taste almost took away the permeant taste of piscine death.