Definitions for permeability

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permeability per·me·a·bil·i·ty

Spelling: [pur-mee-uh-bil-i-tee]

IPA: /ˌpɜr mi əˈbɪl ɪ ti/

Permeability is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 1110 anagrams from letters in permeability (abeeiilmprty).

Definitions for permeability

noun

1. the property or state of being permeable.
2. Also called magnetic permeability. Electricity. a measure of the change in magnetic induction produced when a magnetic material replaces air, expressed as a coefficient or a set of coefficients that multiply the components of magnetic intensity to give the components of magnetic induction.
3. Geology. the capability of a porous rock or sediment to permit the flow of fluids through its pore spaces.
4. Aeronautics. the rate at which gas is lost through the envelope of an aerostat, usually expressed as the number of liters thus diffused in one day through a square meter.
5. Nautical. the capacity of a space in a vessel to absorb water, measured with reference to its temporary or permanent contents and expressed as a percentage of the total volume of the space.

Origin of permeability

1750-60; permea(ble) + -bility

Examples for permeability

Unfortunately for easy calculations in electromagnetic work, however, this is not true of the permeability of iron.

The permeability of a substance is usually represented by the Greek letter µ (pronounced mu).

permeability is a measure of the ease with which magnetism passes through any substance.

When delayed, renal "permeability" is supposed to be interfered with.

Pfeffer favours the former view, while others support the theory of variation of permeability.

Hence it is argued that their capillaries show the least permeability.

The permeability of such beds will, of course, depend wholly upon the nature of the deposit.

The iron by its permeability also concentrates and increases the magnetic flux.

On the permeability of transparent screens of extreme tenuity of radiant heat.

“From what we understand, [with NSAIDs] one of the side effects is that they can affect the permeability of the gut,” says Fasano.