pervasion
(pəˈveɪʒən)
[ad. late L. pervāsiōn-em, n. of action from pervādĕre to pervade.]
The action of pervading; the condition of being pervaded; permeation; penetration.
| 1661 Boyle Fluidity xvii, Both those kinds or manners of fluidity..will appear to be caused by the pervasion of a foreign body. 1802 Paley Nat. Theol. vii. (1819) 74 Roots and stalks..hard and tough as they are, yield to its powerful pervasion. 1881 Cleland Evolution i. 4 The general, if not altogether universal pervasion of sexual distinction. |