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permeability

2 definitions found for permeability

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :


  Permeability \Per`me*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
     perm['e]abilit['e].]
     The quality or state of being permeable.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Magnetic permeability (Physics), the specific capacity of a
        body for magnetic induction, or its conducting power for
        lines of magnetic force. --Sir W. Thomson.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :


  permeability
      n 1: the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid
           (as by osmosis or diffusion) [syn: permeability,
           permeableness] [ant: impermeability, impermeableness]