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Webster 1913 Edition


Porosity

Po-ros′i-ty

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
porosité
.]
The quality or state of being porous; – opposed to density.

Webster 1828 Edition


Porosity

POROS'ITY

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Noun.
[from porous.] The quality or state of having pores or interstices.

Definition 2024


porosity

porosity

English

Noun

porosity (countable and uncountable, plural porosities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being porous
    • 2004, Frank Hamer; Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 978-0-7136-6408-9, page 248:
      An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.
  2. (countable) A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume

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