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Webster 1913 Edition


Permeability

Perˊme-a-bil′i-ty

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
perméabilité
.]
The quality or state of being permeable.
Magnetic permeability
(Physics)
,
the specific capacity of a body for magnetic induction, or its conducting power for lines of magnetic force.
Sir W. Thomson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Permeability

PERMEABIL'ITY

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Noun.
[infra.] The quality or state of being permeable.

Definition 2024


permeability

permeability

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Noun

permeability (usually uncountable, plural permeabilities)

  1. the property of being permeable
  2. the rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material
  3. (geology) a measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water)
  4. (physics) 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).

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