semipermeable

1. 1.

   (of a membrane) selectively permeable

   Similarpermeable

Questions about semipermeable

What does semipermeable mean?

semipermeable means "(of a membrane) selectively permeable".

How many syllables are in semipermeable?

semipermeable has 6 syllables and divides as se-mi-per-me-a-ble under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is semipermeable a common word?

semipermeable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.