Look up: permeability

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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.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
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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 Magnetic Permeability.
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   permeability
   Ability or power to enter or pass through a cell membrane.
   Found on http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacgloss
   
   
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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
    The percentage volume of a space that can be flooded.When a compartment contains cargo,fuel,etc.the amount of water which can enter on damage is less than the volume of the empty compartment. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the readiness with which soil or rock allows air,water or plant roots to penetrate or pass through Category: Botany and...
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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 magnetic force. Sir W. Thomson.
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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
    `Permeability`, `permeable` and `semipermeable` have several meanings: *Permeability (electromagnetism), is the degree of magnetization of a material in response to a magnetic field *Permeability (earth sciences), is a measure of the ability of a material (such as rocks) to transmit fluids *Semipermeable membrane, a membrane which will allow certain molecules or ions to pass through it by diffusion *Permeability (nautical) in ship design is the ...
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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
    The property of being permeable.
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