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permeability

Syllables: per·me·a·bil·ityUK/ˌpɜːmi.əˈbɪlɪti//ˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/

permeability noun: the property of being permeable.

Noun

permeability (usually uncountable, plural permeabilities)

  1. (usually) The property of being permeable.
  2. (usually) The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
    • The sulfite cake is usually blended with fly ash (and possibly lime) to produce a landfillable byproduct of low permeability.1997, Arthur L. Kohl, Richard B. Nielsen, Gas purification, page 536
    • McNamara et al. (1991) suggested that neurofactors located within the thoracic ganglion may alter the apparent ionic permeabilities of this freshwater prawn.2008, Michael Bernard New, Wagner Cotroni Valenti, Freshwater Prawn Culture, page 33
  3. (usually) A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water).
  4. (usually) 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).

permeability meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

permeability in Hindi

permeability
पारगम्यता pārgamyatā

permeability in Tamil

உட்புகவிடுமியல்பு, காந்த உட்புகு திறன், புரைமை, இசைமை, உட்புகவிடு தன்மை, உட்புகவிடு திறன்

permeability in Kannada

ವ್ಯಾಪ್ಯತೆ, ಅಂತಃಪ್ರವೇಶ್ಯತೆ

permeability in Tagalog

(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
katulutan
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permeability in Vietnamese
từ thẩm

Examples of permeability in a sentence

  • Figure 17.9 shows permeability of various kinds of proppants under fracture closure stress.
  • As a result of decompaction, the permeability of low-porosity rocks may increase by several orders of magnitude.
  • Recently, Hollon et al. investigated the intestinal permeability in human duodenal biopsies mounted in microsnapwells and luminally incubated with either gliadin or media alone.

All 11 example sentences with permeability

Forms of permeability

pluralpermeabilities

Plural of permeability: permeabilities

Origin of permeability

From French perméabilité, equivalent to permeable + -ity.

Words formed from permeability

Questions about permeability

What does permeability mean?
Permeability means the property of being permeable.
What is permeability in Hindi?
Permeability in Hindi is पारगम्यता (pārgamyatā). See Permeability meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is permeability?
Permeability is a noun.
How do you pronounce permeability?
Permeability is pronounced /ˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/ (US).
What is the plural of permeability?
The plural of permeability is permeabilities.

Words near permeability in the dictionary

  1. permeabilise
  2. permeabilised
  3. permeabilises
  4. permeabilising
  5. permeabilities
  6. permeability
  7. permeabilizable
  8. permeabilizated
  9. permeabilization
  10. permeabilizations
  11. permeabilize

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: permeability (page history and authors); पारगम्यता (Hindi) (page history and authors); permeability (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); permeability (Kannada 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.

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