permeability

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Etymology

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: perm‧ea‧bil‧ity

Noun

permeability (usually uncountable; plural permeabilities)

1. the property of being permeable
2. the rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material
3. (geology) a measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water)
4. (physics) 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).

Related terms

• impermeable
• nonpermeable
• permeameter

Translations

property of being permeable

• Dutch: doorlaatbaarheid (nl), doorstroombaarheid (nl), doorlaatbaarheid (nl)
• French: perméabilité (fr) f
• Irish: tréscaoilteacht (ga) f

• Italian: permeabilità f
• Romanian: permeabilitate (ro)

rate of flow through a porous material

• Dutch: doorstroming (nl)

measure of the ability to transmit fluids

• Dutch: permeabiliteit (nl), doorlaatbaarheid (nl)

(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field

• Czech: permeabilita (cs) f
• Dutch: permeabiliteit (nl), magnetische permeabiliteit (nl)

• French: perméabilité (fr) f

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See also

• conductivity