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Answer for the clue "The permeability of something that can be penetrated by a liquid ", 12 letters:
perviousness

Word definitions for perviousness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality or state of being pervious.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the permeability of something that can be penetrated by a liquid [syn: penetrability ] [ant: impenetrability , impenetrability ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perviousness \Per"vi*ous*ness\, n. The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass. --Boyle.

Usage examples of perviousness.

Taking as a model the expression 'transparent' for the perviousness of a substance to light, we may say that the air, when in a state of acoustic vibration, becomes 'trans-audient' for astral impulses, and that the nature of these vibrations determines which particular impulses are let through.