Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Permeable

Permeable , adjective

[Latin permeabilis: compare French perméable. See Permeate.]

Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass is permeable to light. — I. Taylor