permeability

Permeability is how easily liquid and gas passes through something.

(noun)

An example of permeability is how fast water flows through a porous rock.

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See permeability in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the state or quality of being permeable
  2. Physics
    1. the measure of the ease with which a magnetic field can establish magnetic induction in a particular material
    2. the rate of diffusion of a fluid through a porous body
  3. the property of a porous substance, as rock or a membrane, of allowing the flow of a fluid through it

See permeability in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. per·me·a·bil·i·ties
  1. The property or condition of being permeable.
  2. The rate of flow of a liquid or gas through a porous material.

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