POROSITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does porosity mean? • POROSITY (noun)
The noun POROSITY has 1 sense:
1. the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
Familiarity information: POROSITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POROSITY (noun)
Meaning:
The property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
porosity; porousness
Hypernyms ("porosity" is a kind of...):
body; consistence; consistency (the property of holding together and retaining its shape)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "porosity"):
sponginess (the porosity of a sponge)
permeability; permeableness (the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion))
Antonym:
solidity (the consistency of a solid)
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