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The property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
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permeability
Word definitions for permeability in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In science , permeability , permeable , and semipermeable may refer to one of the below.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1733, from permeable + -ity , or else from French perméabilité .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Permeability \Per`me*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. perm['e]abilit['e].] The quality or state of being permeable. Magnetic permeability (Physics), the specific capacity of a body for magnetic induction, or its conducting power for lines of magnetic force. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion) [syn: permeableness ] [ant: impermeability ]
Usage examples of permeability.
Psychological stress perturbs epidermal permeability barrier homeostasis: Implications for the pathogenesis of stress-associated skin disorders.
She could see data collected from the lunar material flickering over the softscreens, measurements of porosity and permeability, data from gas meters and pressure gauges and dynamometers and gravimeters.
It comes packaged with a special agent—a bradykinin agonist called 'Neurolax'—which increases the permeability of the blood-brain barrier by activating B2 receptors on the endothelial cells of the brain's capillaries.
We are doing some very exciting things—advanced cell-wall permeability studies in the carcinogenesis lab, several pilot grants on experimental drugs.
They wanted to define yield and ultimate strength, electrical conductivity and magnetic permeability at varying temperatures, currents, and frequencies.
Whats more, the contact has to be metallic and of a metal with just the magnetic permeability we use on our scaphes.
He knew precisely the strength of the magnetic fields and the permeabilities, reluctances, and so on, of all the materials involved.
We've all seen what they can do-frictionless surfaces, differential permeabilities, realignment of molecular structures.
We’ve all seen what they can do-frictionless surfaces, differential permeabilities, realignment of molecular structures.