Definitions for porosity

porosity po·ros·i·ty

Spelling: [paw-ros-i-tee, poh-, puh-]
IPA: /pɔˈrɒs ɪ ti, poʊ-, pə-/

Porosity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in porosity (iooprsty).

Definitions for porosity

noun

  1. the state or quality of being porous.
  2. Geology, Engineering. the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the volume of the pores or interstices of a substance, as a rock or rock stratum, to the total volume of the mass.

Origin of porosity

1350-1400; Middle English porosytee Medieval Latin porōsitās. See porous, -ity

Examples for porosity

A certain degree of porosity in the original rock is also known to favor the alteration.

Moosehide at best is not water repellent and is good for dry trails and dry snow work because of its porosity.

So in St Johns wort, we may take notice of the form of the leaves and flowers, the porosity of the leaves, the Veins.

This membrane possesses a certain degree of porosity, which is probably increased by dilatation.

Compressibility and Expansibility, sometimes mentioned as "properties," are but results of porosity.

This is the case of wine in casks, the porosity of the wood allowing the very gradual permeation of the air.

This is due to the absence of pitch and the porosity of the wood.

The porosity of some of the rocks can here be readily distinguished.

It dissolves the cantharidin, and at the same time gives to the collodion film the essential property of porosity.

The residuary mass should not be heated red hot, so as not to impair its porosity or its ready affinity for carbonic acid.

Word Value for porosity
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13

Words with friends

13

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