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.

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