permeation

Other forms: permeations

Definitions of permeation

1. noun

   the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
   synonyms: pervasion, suffusion

   types:

   ammonification

   impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia

   carbonation

   saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water)

   impregnation, saturation

   the process of totally saturating something with a substance

   type of:

   diffusion

   (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration
2. noun

   mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other
   synonyms: interpenetration

   type of:

   penetration

   the act of entering into or through something