porosity

P3O1R1O1S1I1T1Y4

noun

The state of being porous.

Similar
porousness
Opposite
solidity
Less commonScrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounporosity (countable and uncountable, plural porosities)

plural porosities

  1. uncountableThe state of being porous.

    An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.

    2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248

    Synonyms: porousness

  2. countableA measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state of being porous.

Similar
porousness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids

Similar
porousness
Opposite
solidity
Broader
consistencyconsistencesubstance
Also see
porousness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From porous + -ity.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مَسَامِّيَّة, مَسَامِّيَّة
  • مَسَامِّيَّة (masāmmiyya)state of being porous
  • مَسَامِّيَّة (masāmmiyya)measure of how porous a material is
Catalan porositat, porositat
  • porositatstate of being porous
  • porositatmeasure of how porous a material is
Czech pórovitost, pórovitost
  • pórovitoststate of being porous
  • pórovitostmeasure of how porous a material is
Danish porøsitet
  • porøsitetstate of being porous
Dutch poreusheid, porositeit
  • poreusheidstate of being porous
  • porositeitstate of being porous
  • poreusheidmeasure of how porous a material is
  • porositeitmeasure of how porous a material is
Finnish huokoisuus
  • huokoisuusstate of being porous
French porosité, porosité
  • porositéstate of being porous
  • porositémeasure of how porous a material is
German Porösität, Porösität
  • Porösitätstate of being porous
  • Porösitätmeasure of how porous a material is
Italian porosità, porosità
  • porositàstate of being porous
  • porositàmeasure of how porous a material is
Japanese 気孔
  • 気孔 (kikō)state of being porous
Norwegian porøsitet
  • porøsitetstate of being porous
Persian پوکی, تخلخل
  • پوکی (powkê)state of being porous
  • تخلخل (taxalxol)state of being porous
  • پوکی (powkê)measure of how porous a material is
  • تخلخل (taxalxol)measure of how porous a material is
Polish porowatość, porowatość
  • porowatośćstate of being porous
  • porowatośćmeasure of how porous a material is
Portuguese porosidade, porosidade
  • porosidadestate of being porous
  • porosidademeasure of how porous a material is
Russian по́ристость, по́ристость
  • по́ристость (póristostʹ)state of being porous
  • по́ристость (póristostʹ)measure of how porous a material is
Spanish porosidad, porosidad
  • porosidadstate of being porous
  • porosidadmeasure of how porous a material is
Swedish porositet
  • porositetstate of being porous
Tagalog kabugaan, kabugaan
  • kabugaanstate of being porous
  • kabugaanmeasure of how porous a material is

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with porosity

velocitycuriositygenerosityviscosityluminosityanimosityatrocityverbosityferocityreligiositymonstrositytuberosityprecocityhypervelocityformosityjocoseriosityleprosityspeciosityunivocity
All rhymes →

Anagrams

isotropy
Cite this entry
APA

porosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porosity

MLA

“porosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porosity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porosity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porosity.

Source: porosity on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.