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Webster 1913 Edition
Porosity
Po-ros′i-ty
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
porosité
.] The quality or state of being porous; – opposed to density.
Webster 1828 Edition
Porosity
POROS'ITY
,Noun.
Definition 2025
porosity
porosity
English
Noun
porosity (countable and uncountable, plural porosities)
- (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.
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- (countable) A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume
Translations
state of being porous
measure of how porous a material is