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PERMEABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
Synonyms:
permeability; permeableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("permeableness" is a kind of...):
porosity; porousness (the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permeableness"):
absorbency (the property of being absorbent)
Derivation:
permeable (allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through)
