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adj.

1. Open to passage or entrance; permeable.
2. Open to arguments, ideas, or change; approachable.

[From Latin pervius : per-, through; see per– + via, way.]

perviously per'vi·ous·ly adv.
perviousness per'vi·ous·ness n.

A rock which may be non-porous, but still allows water through via cracks and fissures, although not through pores within the rock. Compare with permeable.

(pûr'vē-əs)
adj.

Open to passage or entrance; permeable.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: admitting of passage or entrance
  Antonym: impervious (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - modtagelig, gennemtrængelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
doordringbaar, toegankelijk, (voor reden) vatbaar

Français (French)
adj. - perméable, (fig) ouvert à

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zugänglich, durchlässig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (δια)περατός

Italiano (Italian)
penetrabile, pervio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pérvio, permeável, acessível

Русский (Russian)
проницаемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - permeable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - otät, genomtränglig, mottaglig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使通过的, 可通的, 让过去的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 使通過的, 可通的, 讓過去的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 투과 시키는, 영향을 받는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 透過させる, 受け容れる, わかる, 通じる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منفذ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חדיר, פתוח (ל-)‬

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