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Being able to absorb fluids
Answer for the clue "Being able to absorb fluids ", 8 letters:
porosity
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being porous 2 (context countable English) A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French porosité , from Medieval Latin porositas , from porus (see pore (n.)).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Porosity \Po*ros"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. porosit['e].] The quality or state of being porous; -- opposed to density.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids [syn: porousness ] [ant: solidity ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0 and 100%. Strictly speaking, some tests measure the "accessible ...
Usage examples of porosity.
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.
As you see,” the numbers flickered at a corner of the display as the cross-section moved dizzyingly, “at no point do more than two porosities appear in a cross-section, and at all points the voids occupy less than five percent of the section.