permeability
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English
Etymology
From French perméabilité, equivalent to permeable + -ity.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɜːmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
- Hyphenation: per‧me‧a‧bil‧ity
Noun
permeability (usually uncountable, plural permeabilities)
- The property of being permeable.
- The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
- 1997, Arthur L. Kohl, Richard B. Nielsen, Gas purification, page 536:
- The sulfite cake is usually blended with fly ash (and possibly lime) to produce a landfillable byproduct of low permeability.
- 2008, Michael Bernard New, Wagner Cotroni Valenti, Freshwater Prawn Culture, page 33:
- McNamara et al. (1991) suggested that neurofactors located within the thoracic ganglion may alter the apparent ionic permeabilities of this freshwater prawn.
- (geology) A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water).
- (physics) A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).
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Translations
property of being permeable
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rate of flow through a porous material
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measure of the ability to transmit fluids
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(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
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