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rite of passage — 1. Anthropol. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person s change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan. 2. any important act or event that serves… … Universalium
impermeable — Not permeable; not permitting the passage of substances ( e.g., liquids, gases) or heat through a membrane or other structure. SYN: impervious. [L. im permeabilis, not to be passed through] * * * im·per·me·able ( )im pər mē ə bəl adj not… … Medical dictionary
impervious — I adjective adrogans, airtight, blind to, blocked, buffered, callous, closed, deaf to, dense, detached, hard, hard to convince, hardened, hermetic, impassable, impassive, impeditus, impenetrabilis, impenetrable, imperforate, impehosus,… … Law dictionary
Impermeable — Im*per me*a*ble, a. [Pref. im not + permeable: cf. F. imperm[ e]able, L. impermeabilis.] Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Impermeableness — Impermeable Im*per me*a*ble, a. [Pref. im not + permeable: cf. F. imperm[ e]able, L. impermeabilis.] Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Impermeably — Impermeable Im*per me*a*ble, a. [Pref. im not + permeable: cf. F. imperm[ e]able, L. impermeabilis.] Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
impermeable — adjective Etymology: Late Latin impermeabilis, from Latin in + Late Latin permeabilis permeable Date: 1697 not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance; broadly impervious • impermeability noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
in|tran|sit|a|ble — «ihn TRAN suh tuh buhl», adjective. not permitting passage or transit; impassable: »A road along the coast would become lost in intransitable gorges of the coast range of mountains (Geographical Journal) … Useful english dictionary
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
Calendar of 2003 — ▪ 2004 January So long as there is a single Brazilian brother or sister going hungry, we have ample reason to be ashamed of ourselves. Lula, in his inaugural address as president of Brazil, January 1 January 1 The Socialist Lula (Luiz… … Universalium
