Permeability (Meaning of)

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Permeability
[nautical] Permeability of a space in a ship is the percentage of empty volume in that space. Permeability is used in ship survivability and damaged stability calculations in ship design. In this case, the permeability of a space is a percentage from 0 to 100. Alternately, the permeability m...
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Permeability
The rate at which liquids pass through soil or other materials in a specified direction.
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Permeability
The property of bulk material (sand, crushed rock, soft rock in situ) which permit movement of water through its pores.
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Permeability
As used in insect toxicology refers to the ability of chemicals to penetrate the insect cuticle.
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permeability
[n] - the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
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Permeability
The degree to which a body of rock will permit a fluid to flow through it. Permeability is a function of the shape of the capillary pore spaces and the degree to which pores are connected. Impermeable rock is not permeable.
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Permeability
A measure of the ease with which a fluid can flow through a porous medium. It depends on the physical properties of the medium, for example grain size, porosity and pore shape.
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Permeability
passage or diffusion of a gas, vapor, liquid, or solid through a material without physically or chemically affecting it.Term used to express various relationships between magnetic induction and magnetizing force; either absolute permeability or specific (relative) permeability. See also: Relative Ma...
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permeability
Ability or power to enter or pass through a cell membrane.
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Permeability
The property of a formation which quantifies the flow of a fluid through the pore spaces and into the wellbore.
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Permeability
a measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluid through pore spaces.
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permeability
the property of a formation which quantifies the flow of a fluid through the pore spaces and into the wellbore;
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Permeability
The degree to which a fluid can pass from one structure through a wall or membrane into another
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Permeability
This is the ability of a material to let water pass through it and drain away.
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Permeability
The rate at which liquids pass through soil or other materials in a specified direction.
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Permeability
Per`me·a·bil'i·ty noun [ Confer French perméabilité .] 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 ...
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permeability
The property or state of being permeable. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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permeability
permeableness noun the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
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permeability
(pur″me-ә-bil´ĭ-te) the property or state of being permeable.
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Permeability
• (n.) The quality or state of being permeable.
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permeability
capacity of a porous material for transmitting a fluid; it is expressed as the velocity with which a fluid of specified viscosity, under the ... [10 related articles]
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permeability
the property or state of being permeable.
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permeability
permeability The property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid; as by osmosis or diffusion.
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Permeability
[earth sciences] Permeability in fluid mechanics and the earth sciences (commonly symbolized as κ, or k) is a measure of the ability of a porous material (often, a rock or unconsolidated material) to allow fluids to pass through it. == Applications == The concept of permeability is of impor...
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Permeability
[electromagnetism] In electromagnetism, permeability is the measure of the ability of a material to support the formation of a magnetic field within itself. In other words, it is the degree of magnetization that a material obtains in response to an applied magnetic field. Magnetic permeabili...
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