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porousness

porousness noun: the quality of being porous.

Noun

porousness (usually uncountable, plural porousnesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being porous.
    • The perilous porousness between our online and offline worlds is the spark for Nicolas Padamsee’s tinderbox thriller about two teenage boys.2024 April 27, Sana Goyal, “England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – battle lines are drawn”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    porosity

Synonyms of porousness

Forms of porousness

pluralporousnesses

Origin of porousness

From porous + -ness.

Words formed from porousness

Questions about porousness

What does porousness mean?
Porousness means the quality of being porous.
What part of speech is porousness?
Porousness is a noun.
What is the plural of porousness?
The plural of porousness is porousnesses.

Words near porousness in the dictionary

  1. porotypes
  2. porous
  3. porous portal
  4. porous portals
  5. porously
  6. porousness
  7. porousnesses
  8. poroviscoelastic
  9. poroviscoelasticity
  10. poroxidase
  11. porpentine

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