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Porousness

Porousness \Por"ous*ness\, n.

  1. The quality of being porous.

  2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.]

    They will forcibly get into the porousness of it.
    --Sir K. Digby.

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porousness

n. The quality of being porous; porosity

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porousness

n. the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids [syn: porosity] [ant: solidity]

Usage examples of "porousness".

It can be so woven as to be almost as porous as wool, and to retain that porousness even when saturated with perspiration.