EGAVE

permeability

About 5.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The property of being permeable.
  2. noun The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
  3. noun A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water).
  4. noun A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).

Similar words

permeableness permeation infiltration porosity penetration patency penetrability perviousness transmittance porousness

Often followed by

of and to is in coefficient for changes barrier

Word family

permeabilities

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