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Impassable; preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through.

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  • The border between the two countries is impremeable.
  • impermeable stone
  • Many geothermal reservoirs have heat, but the rock is impermeable, which is the problem at the Raft River well known as RRG-9.
  • The old operation of "perineal section" for so-called impermeable stricture is very different, being difficult, dangerous, and uncertain in its results.
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