porosity

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porosity

Rhymes with -ɒsɪti

noun porosities

  1. uncountable The state of being porous. An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.

    Similar: porousness

  2. countable A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume

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noun state of being porous

Españolporosidad
日本語気孔 kikō
Portuguêsporosidade
Françaisporosité
DeutschPorösität
Italianoporosità
Русскийпо́ристость póristostʹ
العربيةمَسَامِّيَّة masāmmiyya

noun measure of how porous a material is

Españolporosidad
Portuguêsporosidade
Françaisporosité
DeutschPorösität
Italianoporosità
Русскийпо́ристость póristostʹ
العربيةمَسَامِّيَّة masāmmiyya

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@misc{porosity_2026,
  title = {porosity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/porosity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}