permeability (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *permeability*:
NOUN	attribute	permeability, permeableness	the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid / liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)

permeability > pronunciation
Sounds	permiyahbih'lihtiy
Rhymes	ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...

English > *permeability*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid / liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion).
Synonym	permeableness
Narrower	absorbency	The property of being absorbent
Broader	porosity, porousness	The property of being porous
Opposite	impermeability, impermeableness	The property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid / liquid
Spanish	permeabilidad
Catalan	permeabilitat
Adjectives	permeable	allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through

HyperDic: permeability