Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
porosity

porosity

1 7.7
The amount of empty space in a material that lets water or other liquids pass through
  • noun
  • /pəˈrɑːsɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : porosidad
  • The shavings provided a better mix while helping to improve pile porosity, allowing for aerobic composting.
  • high porosity
  • low porosity
  • increase porosity

It just dries out too fast and there's not enough, you know, there's not enough porosity.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • The low density and high porosity of the media result in more solids captured per volume of media.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Furthermore, we proposed a framework to link process parameters, cooling rate, porosity, and mechanical behavior.

    Academic text (2018)

  • I have some porosity tests I want to show you.

    A View to a Kill (1985)

  • In general, the primary objective is to ensure that the material is free of porosity or similar defects.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Some materials may exhibit varying degrees of porosity, depending on the exposed surfaces.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Reduction in liquid storage volume depends almost exclusively on the in-situ porosity of the product.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Among the various solid supports, macroscopic materials with high porosity are especially promising candidates for the immobilization of NPs 12, 13.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The pulp fibers provide porosity and a carbon source to the mixture, which improves the composting process.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The addition of compost increases the soil's porosity so that plant roots can more easily penetrate it.

  • Some materials may exhibit varying degrees of porosity, depending on the exposed surfaces.

Synonyms

porousness
vsporosity
1 7.0

How easily water or air pass through a material

measures how much a material absorbs fluids by passage through pores
porosis
vsporosity
  • Specialized
9.2

The amount of empty space in a material that lets water or air pass

focuses on fluid absorption extent rather than just void proportion

Antonyms

solidity
3 4.0

A state of being hard and not hollow, like thick ice or metal

nonabsorbency
  • Specialized
8.9

A property of a surface that does not soak up liquids

impermeability
  • Specialized
8.3

The quality of not letting water or air pass through

How Porous

porosity
  • Specialized
1 7.7
permeability
  • Specialized
3 7.4
impermeability
  • Specialized
8.3

Surface Forms

porosity singular
porosities plural

Morphology

porosity = porous (transparent) = pore + ous + ity

The noun is a regular abstract noun formed by adding '-ity' to the adjective 'porous', a standard and predictable derivation.

Etymology

Porosity comes from the word pore ('small hole') plus the ending -osity ('state of'), so it literally means the 'state of having many small holes'. That is why porosity describes how well a material can soak up or let liquids pass through.