imporosity

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English

Etymology

From im- +‎ porosity.

Noun

imporosity (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being imporous; lack of porosity.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
      The [] imporosity betwixt the tangible parts
    • 1930, The Canadian Engineer:
      imporosity is built into the structure of a pavement

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