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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
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. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Permeability in fluid mechanics and the earth sciences (commonly symbolized as κ , or k ) is a measure of the ability of a porous material (often, a rock or an unconsolidated material) to allow fluids to pass through it. The permeability of a medium is ...
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 ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the property of being permeable 2 the rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material 3 (context geology English) a measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water) 4 (context physics English) a quantitative measure of the ...
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.