English edit

Etymology edit

permeate +‎ -or

Noun edit

permeator (plural permeators)

  1. A device, containing a semipermeable membrane, used to desalinate water by reverse osmosis

Latin edit

Verb edit

permeātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of permeō

References edit

  • permeator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • permeator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.