Permeability Definition

pûrmē-ə-bĭlĭ-tē
permeabilities
noun
permeabilities
The state or quality of being permeable.
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The measure of the ease with which a magnetic field can establish magnetic induction in a particular material.
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The rate of diffusion of a fluid through a porous body.
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The property of a porous substance, as rock or a membrane, of allowing the flow of a fluid through it.
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Synonyms:
  • permeableness
Antonyms:

Other Word Forms of Permeability

Noun

Singular:
permeability
Plural:
permeabilities

Origin of Permeability

  • From French perméabilité

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Permeability Sentence Examples

  • The first exact experiments demonstrating the changes which occur in the permeability of iron,, 3 Phil.

  • In regard to water, all soils have two actions - namely, permeability and absorbability.

  • So far, the best results have been attained with aluminium, and the permeability was greatest when the percentages of manganese and aluminium were approximately proportional to the atomic weights of the two metals.

  • The values of the permeability corresponding to the highest and lowest temperatures are given in the following table.

  • The silicon-iron had, in fields up to about Io, a greater permeability than a sample of the best Swedish charcoal-iron, and its hysteresisloss for max.

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