Meanings
plural permeabilities
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being permeable.
- uncountableusuallyThe rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
The sulfite cake is usually blended with fly ash (and possibly lime) to produce a landfillable byproduct of low permeability.
1997, Arthur L. Kohl, Richard B. Nielsen, Gas purification, page 5361 more example
McNamara et al. (1991) suggested that neurofactors located within the thoracic ganglion may alter the apparent ionic permeabilities of this freshwater prawn.
2008, Michael Bernard New, Wagner Cotroni Valenti, Freshwater Prawn Culture, page 33 - uncountableusuallynatural sciencesA 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).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchperméabilité
- Englishpermeability
From French perméabilité, equivalent to permeable + -ity.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пропускливост, пропускливост
- пропускливост (propusklivost)property of being permeable
- пропускливост (propusklivost)measure of the ability to transmit fluids
- проницаемост (pronicaemost)(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
Czech permeabilita
- permeabilita(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
Dutch doorlaatbaarheid, doorstroombaarheid
- doorlaatbaarheidproperty of being permeable
- doorstroombaarheidproperty of being permeable
- doorstromingrate of flow through a porous material
- permeabiliteitmeasure of the ability to transmit fluids
- doorlaatbaarheidmeasure of the ability to transmit fluids
- permeabiliteit(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
- magnetische permeabiliteit(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
Finnish permeabiliteetti
- permeabiliteetti(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
French perméabilité, perméabilité
- perméabilitéproperty of being permeable
- perméabilité(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
Hungarian permeabilitás, permeabilitás
- permeabilitásproperty of being permeable
- permeabilitásrate of flow through a porous material
- permeabilitás(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
Irish tréscaoilteacht
- tréscaoilteachtproperty of being permeable
Italian permeabilità
- permeabilitàproperty of being permeable
Romanian permeabilitate
- permeabilitateproperty of being permeable
Tagalog katulutan
- katulutan(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
Vietnamese từ thẩm
- từ thẩm(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field
Cite this entry
permeability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permeability
“permeability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permeability. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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