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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

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.

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 ]

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.