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permeability
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun permeability has 1 sense
- permeability(n = noun.attribute) permeableness - the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion); Array is a kind of porosity, porousness
has particulars: absorbency
Antonym: impermeability
Derived form adjective permeable1
CIDE DICTIONARY
permeability, n. [Cf. F. perméabilité.].
The quality or state of being permeable. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
permeability, n.
1 the state or quality of being permeable.
2 a quantity measuring the influence of a substance on the magnetic flux in the region it occupies.
1 the state or quality of being permeable.
2 a quantity measuring the influence of a substance on the magnetic flux in the region it occupies.
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