porosity
porosity noun: the state of being porous.
Noun
porosity (countable and uncountable, plural porosities)
- The state of being porous.
- An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248
- Synonyms:
- porousness
- A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume
porosity meaning in Tamil, Gujarati, Tagalog and Arabic
porosity in Tamil
- நுண்டுளையுடைமை, புரைமை, நுண்துளைமை, புரை அளவு, நுண் துளைமை
porosity in Gujarati
- measure of how porous a material is
- છિદ્રાળુતા chidrāḷutā
porosity in Tagalog
- state of being porous
- kabugaan
- measure of how porous a material is
- kabugaan
porosity in Arabic
- state of being porous
- مَسَامِّيَّة masāmmiyya
- measure of how porous a material is
- مَسَامِّيَّة masāmmiyya
More languagesFewer languages
- porosity in Persian
- پوکی powkê, تخلخل taxalxol
Synonyms of porosity
Forms of porosity
| plural | porosities |
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Origin of porosity
From porous + -ity.
Words formed from porosity
Words that rhyme with porosity
Questions about porosity
- What does porosity mean?
- Porosity means the state of being porous.
- What is porosity in Tamil?
- Porosity in Tamil is நுண்டுளையுடைமை, புரைமை, நுண்துளைமை. See Porosity meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is porosity?
- Porosity is a noun.
- What is the plural of porosity?
- The plural of porosity is porosities.
Words near porosity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: porosity (page history and authors); porosity (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.
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