patency

About 0.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The condition or state of being patent.
2. noun The degree of openness (of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter); the relative absence of blockage or obstruction, and measured in percent.
3. noun Obviousness; clarity.

Similar words

porosity permeation permeability patentcy patentability patness impatency subpatency patiency patulousness

Often followed by

of and rates rate is in was by after

Word family

patencies