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patentcy

patentcy is the alternative form of patency.

Meaning of patency

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.

Questions about patentcy

What is patentcy the alternative form of?
Patentcy is the alternative form of patency.

Words near patentcy in the dictionary

  1. patent trolls
  2. patentabilities
  3. patentability
  4. patentable
  5. patentably
  6. patentcy
  7. patented
  8. patentee
  9. patentees
  10. patenteeship
  11. patenteeships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patentcy (page history and authors); patency (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.

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