permeation

Example Sentences

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The permeation of air into the soil accelerates the release of not only carbon dioxide from organic matter but also other greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

With these so-called legacy materials, methods to prevent or remedy leaching, permeation and other issues are well known, says environmental engineer Andrew Whelton of Purdue University.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2022

The permeation through healthcare is particularly noticeable in three areas: cardiology, sleep medicine, and sports medicine.

From The Verge • Nov. 1, 2021

Biological cell membranes provide elegant examples of selective permeation in nature, while dialysis tubing used to remove metabolic wastes from blood is a more simplistic technological example.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

But the conquests of Alexander and the division of his brief empire among his subordinate generals, greatly stimulated this permeation of the ancient world by the Greeks and their language and fashions and culture.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)