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permeator

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English

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Etymology

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From permeate +‎ -or.

Noun

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permeator (plural permeators)

  1. A device, containing a semipermeable membrane, used to desalinate water by reverse osmosis

Latin

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Verb

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permeātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of permeō

References

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  • “permeator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • permeator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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