| Pronunciation: | | `purmeeu'bilitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion) |
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| | Synonyms: | | permeableness |
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| | Antonyms: | | impermeability, impermeableness |
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| | See Also: | | absorbency, penetrability, perviousness, porosity, porousness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per`me*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
perm['e]abilit['e].]
The quality or state of being permeable.
{Magnetic permeability} (Physics), the specific capacity of a
body for magnetic induction, or its conducting power for
lines of magnetic force. --Sir W. Thomson.
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- Capability of the soil to allow water or air movement through it.
- The quality of the soil that enables water to move downward through the profile, measured as the number of inches per hour that water moves downward through the saturated soil.
- A measure of the rate at which a substrate can pass water, the rate depending on substrate composition and compaction; the apparent velocity per unit of hydraulic gradient, expressed in centimeters per hour.
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