permeability

English

Etymology

From French perméabilité

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɜːmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
Hyphenation: per‧me‧a‧bil‧ity

Noun

permeability (usually uncountable, plural permeabilities)

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

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Translations

property of being permeable

Dutch: doorlaatbaarheid, doorstroombaarheid, doorlaatbaarheid
French: perméabilité (fr) f
Galician: permeabilidade (gl) f

Irish: tréscaoilteacht f
Italian: permeabilità (it) 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

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

Czech: permeabilita f
Dutch: permeabiliteit (nl), magnetische permeabiliteit
Finnish: permeabiliteetti

French: perméabilité (fr) f
Tagalog: katulutan

See also

conductivity

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