Pervious

[pә:viәs]

(adj.) admitting of passage or entrance; 'pervious soil'; 'a metal pervious to heat' .

Edited by Brent--From WordNet

(a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.

(a.) Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.

(a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading.

(a.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.

Typist: Melba

a. Permeable, penetrable.

Checked by Claudia

SYN:Penetrable, traversable, explorable

ANT:Impenetrable, impervious, impregnable, inexplorable

Edited by Faye

adj. permeable penetrable: open perforate.—adv. Per′viously.—n. Per′viousness.

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