Word Meanings - DIATHERMAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Freely permeable by radiant heat.

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• RADIANT ENGINE
  A semiradial engine. See Radial engine, above.
• PERMEABLE
  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.
• RADIANTLY
  In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor.
• FREELY
  In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously. Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat. Gen. ii. 16. Freely ye have received, freely give. Matt. x. 8. Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Milton.
• RADIANT
  Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant. (more info) rays or beams, fr. radius ray: cf. F. radiant. See Radius, Ray a 1. Emitting or proceeding as from a center; rays; radiating; radiate. 2. Especially,
• IRRADIANT
  Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon. Boyse.
• IMPERMEABLE
  Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air. -- Im*per"me*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"me*a*bly, adv.