Look up: permeability

1. 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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2. Permeability
   The rate at which liquids pass through soil or other materials in a specified direction.
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3. 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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4. Permeability
   As used in insect toxicology refers to the ability of chemicals to penetrate the insect cuticle.
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5. permeability
   [n] - the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. permeability
   Ability or power to enter or pass through a cell membrane.
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10. 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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11. Permeability
    a measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluid through pore spaces.
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12. 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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13. Permeability
    The degree to which a fluid can pass from one structure through a wall or membrane into another
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14. 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 whi...
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15. Permeability
    This is the ability of a material to let water pass through it and drain away.
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16. Permeability
    The rate at which liquids pass through soil or other materials in a specified direction.
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17. 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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18. permeability
    The property or state of being permeable. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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19. permeability
    permeableness noun the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
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20. permeability
    (pur″me-ә-bil´ĭ-te) the property or state of being permeable.
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21. Permeability
    • (n.) The quality or state of being permeable.
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22. 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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23. permeability
    the property or state of being permeable.
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24. permeability
    permeability The property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid; as by osmosis or diffusion.
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25. 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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