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patency
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun patency has 2 senses
- patency(n = noun.attribute) Array - the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct; Array is a kind of openness
- patency(n = noun.attribute) noticeability, noticeableness, obviousness - the property of being easy to see and understand; Array is a kind of conspicuousness
Derived form adjective patent1
has particulars: apparency, apparentness, blatancy, predominance, predomination
Derived forms verb patent3, adjective patent2
CIDE DICTIONARY
patency, n. [See Patent.].
- The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread. [1913 Webster]
- The state of being patent or evident. [1913 Webster]
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