permeance

English

Etymology

From stem of Latin permeare (“to penetrate”) +‎ -ance.

Noun

permeance (usually uncountable, plural permeances)

1. A measure of the degree to which a material allows a fluid to permeate it.
2. (physics) The reciprocal of reluctance in a magnetic circuit; the analogue of conductance in an electrical circuit.

Related terms

• permeable
• permeability
• permeate
• permeameter

References

• “permeance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.