Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun permeation

2 senses of permeation

Sense 1
permeation, pervasion, suffusion -- (the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance)
       => diffusion -- ((physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration)

Sense 2
interpenetration, permeation -- (mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other)
       => penetration -- (the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women")