Meanings
- uncountableThe state or quality of being imporous; lack of porosity.
The […] imporosity betwixt the tangible parts
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC1 more example
imporosity is built into the structure of a pavement
1930, The Canadian Engineer
Origin
Translations
French imporosité
- imporositéstate of being imporous
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