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permeator
permeator
English
Noun
permeator (plural permeators)
- A device, containing a semipermeable membrane, used to desalinate water by reverse osmosis
Latin
Verb
permeātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of permeō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of permeō
References
- permeator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “permeator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.