Look up: porosity

1. Porosity
   Degree to which soil, gravel, sediment, or rock is permeated with pores or cavities through which water or air can move.
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2. porosity
   [n] - the property of being porous
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3. Porosity
   The volume of free space between the grains of a rock capable of holding fluid, (gas or liquid). Porosity is expressed as a percentage of total gross rock volume.
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4. Porosity
   A group of gas pores.
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5. Porosity
   is the volume of voids in a material expressed as a percentage of the total volume of the material.
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6. Porosity
   Cavities formed in the weld metal by gas entrapped during solidification.
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7. Porosity
   The presence of gas pockets within a solid material.
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8. Porosity
   The ratio of the size of a materials pores to the volume of the materials mass.
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9. Porosity
   The proportion of the non-solid volume to the total volume of material.
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10. Porosity
    The presence of pores or voids in a coating whether connected or not. Porosity is not the same as pull-out.
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11. Porosity
    Refers to the openness or compactness of the fibers in a paper, is measured by the ability of air to pass through the sheet. The more open a paper is, the greater its porosity.
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12. Porosity
    The percentage of void in a porous rock compared to the solid formation.
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13. Porosity
    a ratio between the volume of the pore space in reservoir rock and the total bulk volume of the rock. The pore space determines the amount of space available for storage of fluids.
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14. porosity
    the percentage of void in a porous rock compared to the total rock volume;
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15. Porosity
    Presence of visible voids within a solid material into which either air or liquids may pass.
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16. porosity
    1.the state of being porous or containing interstices 2.an index of the void characteristics of a soil or stratum as pertaining to percolation; degree of previousness 3.the ratio, usually expressed as a percentage of (1)the volume of the interstices in a given quantity of material, to (11)the total ...
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17. Porosity
    The density of substance and its capacity to pass liquids.
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18. Porosity
    Degree to which soil, gravel, sediment, or rock is permeated with pores or cavities through which water or air can move; related to the open spaces or voids that occur between mineral grains or in fractures of bedrock.
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19. Porosity
    Po·ros'i·ty noun [ Confer French porosité .] The quality or state of being porous; -- opposed to density .
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20. porosity
    Condition of having pores or open spaces. This often refers to bones, bone implants, or bone cements, but can refer to the porous state of any solid substance. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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21. porosity
    porousness noun the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
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22. porosity
    (pә-ros´ĭ-te) the condition of being porous. pore.
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23. Porosity
    • (n.) The quality or state of being porous; -- opposed to density.
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24. porosity
    (from the article `metallurgy`) A major problem in castings, porosity is principally caused by the shrinkage that accompanies solidification. Molds are designed to feed metal to the ... Porosity is the fraction of the volume of an apparent solid that is actually empty space. Owing to porosity, the surface area inside a coal particle ......
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25. Porosity
    The void spaces found in rock, sediment, or soil. Commonly measured as the percentage of void space in a volume of substance.
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