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permeability

permeability

3 7.4
How easily liquid or gas passes through a material like soil
  • noun
  • /ˌpɜrmiˈæləti/
  • Specialized
: permeabilidad
  • The permeability of the soil allows water to flow through it easily.
  • membrane permeability
  • cell permeability
  • soil permeability

They had decreased levels of zonulin, which is a marker of intestinal permeability or quote UN quote leaky gut.

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Examples

  • So their critical function is to form a permeability barrier on the cell.

  • The animals produce specific signal molecules that appear to alter the membrane permeability of the algae.

    Academic text (1993)

  • If this is my core, if this is high permeability material, there is no H field, right?

  • Different environmental features were associated with estimates of permeability for each species.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Therefore, we assigned these areas a permeability value of 1.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Therefore, we did not include the barriers in the permeability model for this species.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Now I've said repeatedly that these the permeability of these shales is very low, very, very low.

  • Woodland, forest, shrubland, and riparian areas typically were assigned higher permeability values than other land-cover classes.

    Academic text (2017)

  • EDTA increases the permeability of bacterial cells and allows antibiotics to penetrate them.

    Academic text (2002)

  • We are working on a two-foot recompacted clay liner that has a 10-7 permeability rating.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

porousness
vspermeability
1 7.0

How easily water or air pass through a material

describes the material's capacity to let liquids or gases move through it
transmissivity
vspermeability
  • Specialized
1 8.1

How easily light or heat passes through a material

focuses on passage of liquids or gases rather than energy transmission
penetrability
vspermeability
1 8.0

How easily people, light, or other things can pass through something

focuses specifically on liquids or gases moving through material rather than any penetration
permeance
vspermeability
  • Specialized
1 8.6

The ability of a material to let gases or water vapor pass through it

allows both liquids and gases to pass through rather than only gases
permeableness
vspermeability
  • Specialized
8.8

How easily liquid moves through a material

covers both liquids and gases passing through, not only liquids
transmissibility
vspermeability
  • Specialized
8.0

How easily water moves through rock or soil

applies to passage of liquids or gases generally, not only to measured water flow

Antonyms

impermeability
  • Specialized
1 8.3

The quality of not letting water or air pass through

How Permeable

permeability
  • Specialized
3 7.4
impermeability
  • Specialized
1 8.3

Surface Forms

permeability singular
permeabilities plural

Morphology

permeability = permeable (transparent) = permeable + ity

The noun is a standard formation from the adjective 'permeable' indicating the state or quality of being permeable.

Etymology

Permeability comes from Latin parts per- 'through' and a root meaning 'to go', so it originally means how easily something 'goes through' a material. Think of the verb permeate 'to pass through'; permeability is the ability of a material to let liquids or gases pass through it.