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Webster 1913 Edition
Permeability
Perˊme-a-bil′i-ty
,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
,Noun.
Definition 2024
permeability
permeability
English
Noun
permeability (usually uncountable, plural permeabilities)
- the property of being permeable
- the rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material
- (geology) a measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water)
- (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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property of being permeable
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rate of flow through a porous material
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measure of the ability to transmit fluids
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(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
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