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permeableness

permeableness

8.8
How easily liquid moves through a material
  • noun
  • /ˌpɜrmiˈeɪbəl.nəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : permeabilidad
  • The permeableness of the soil determines how quickly water will drain after a heavy rainfall.

Examples

  • Scientists measured the permeableness of the membrane to analyze how substances passed through it.

  • Due to its low permeableness, the new fabric resists water effectively.

  • The permeableness of the membrane allows water to pass through.

  • What is the permeableness of this fabric?

  • The permeableness of the soil affects the rate at which water is absorbed during irrigation.

  • Engineers assessed the permeableness of the barrier to ensure proper drainage in the construction project.

  • A material's permeableness can significantly influence its suitability for filtration applications.

Synonyms

permeability
vspermeableness
  • Specialized
3 7.4

How easily liquid or gas passes through a material like soil

focuses on letting liquids pass often by osmosis or diffusion
porousness
vspermeableness
1 7.0

How easily water or air pass through a material

concerns passage by penetration or diffusion rather than by visible holes
permeance
vspermeableness
  • Specialized
8.6

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

focuses on liquids passing through materials rather than gases
transmissibility
vspermeableness
  • Specialized
8.0

How easily water moves through rock or soil

is the general ability to be penetrated by liquids not a measured flow rate

Antonyms

impermeableness
  • Specialized
9.8

The quality of not letting water pass through something

How Permeable

permeableness
  • Specialized
8.8
impermeability
  • Specialized
8.3

Surface Forms

permeableness singular
permeablenesses plural

Morphology

permeableness = permeable (transparent) = permeable + ness

Formed by straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'permeable' with '-ness', meaning 'the state/quality of being permeable'.

Etymology

Permeableness comes from the prefix per- meaning 'through' and the same root as permeate, which means 'to pass through'. So, permeableness is the quality or ability of a material to let liquids or other things pass through it.