porosity

Definitions


[pɔːˈrɒsɪti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the quality or degree of having minute spaces or holes through which liquid or air may pass
(e.g: clays may have twice the porosity of sands)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French porosité, late Latin porositas, based on Latin porus ‘pore’




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