permeability

Meanings

Plural: permeabilities

Noun

• the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
• The property of being permeable.
• The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
• A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water).
• 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).

Synonyms

permeableness

Antonyms

impermeability

Related Words

conductivity, impermeable, nonpermeable, penetrability, permeameter, porosity, porousness