noun
Meaning 1
The state of being porous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: porousness
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
porosity
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rhymes with -ɒsɪti
noun
Meaning 2
A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: porousness
Antonyms: solidity
Broader terms: consistency, consistence, eubstance, body
Narrower terms: sponginess, permeability, permeableness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English porous Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English porosity From porous + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: porositat — state of being porous
- Czech: pórovitost — state of being porous
- Danish: porøsitet — state of being porous
- Dutch: poreusheid — state of being porous
- Dutch: porositeit — state of being porous
- Finnish: huokoisuus — state of being porous
- French: porosité — state of being porous
- German: Porösität — state of being porous
- Ido: porozeso — state of being porous
- Italian: porosità — state of being porous
- Japanese: 気孔 (kikō) — state of being porous
- Norwegian: porøsitet — state of being porous
- Persian: پوکی (powkê) — state of being porous
- Persian: تخلخل (taxalxol) — state of being porous
- Polish: porowatość — state of being porous
- Portuguese: porosidade — state of being porous
- Russian: по́ристость (póristostʹ) — state of being porous
- Spanish: porosidad — state of being porous
- Swedish: porositet — state of being porous
- Tagalog: kabugaan — state of being porous
- Catalan: porositat — measure of how porous a material is
- Czech: pórovitost — measure of how porous a material is
- Dutch: poreusheid — measure of how porous a material is
- Dutch: porositeit — measure of how porous a material is
- French: porosité — measure of how porous a material is
- German: Porösität — measure of how porous a material is
- Gujarati: છિદ્રાળુતા (chidrāḷutā) — measure of how porous a material is
- Italian: porosità — measure of how porous a material is
- Persian: پوکی (powkê) — measure of how porous a material is
- Persian: تخلخل (taxalxol) — measure of how porous a material is
- Polish: porowatość — measure of how porous a material is
- Portuguese: porosidade — measure of how porous a material is
- Russian: по́ристость (póristostʹ) — measure of how porous a material is
- Spanish: porosidad — measure of how porous a material is
- Tagalog: kabugaan — measure of how porous a material is
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