Word.ws English Dictionary

patency

/ˈpeɪtənsi/

patency noun: the condition or state of being patent.

Noun

patency (plural patencies)

  1. The condition or state of being patent.
  2. The degree of openness (of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter); the relative absence of blockage or obstruction, and measured in percent.
    Antonyms:
    obstruction
  3. (uncountable) Obviousness; clarity.

patency meaning in Tamil

patency in Tamil

அகற்பாட்டுநிலை, அகலத்திறந்துள்ள நிலை அகலநிலை

Antonyms of patency

Forms of patency

pluralpatencies

Origin of patency

From patent + -cy.

Questions about patency

What does patency mean?
Patency means the condition or state of being patent.
What is patency in Tamil?
Patency in Tamil is அகற்பாட்டுநிலை, அகலத்திறந்துள்ள நிலை அகலநிலை. See Patency meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is patency?
Patency is a noun.
How do you pronounce patency?
Patency is pronounced /ˈpeɪtənsi/.
What is the plural of patency?
The plural of patency is patencies.

Words near patency in the dictionary

  1. patena
  2. patenas
  3. Patenaude
  4. Patenaudes
  5. patencies
  6. patency
  7. patens
  8. patent
  9. patent ambush
  10. patent ambushes
  11. patent fuel

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: patency (page history and authors); patency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “patency.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/patency. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.