permeability

permeability

English

Etymology

From French perméabilité

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɜːmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
• Hyphenation: per‧me‧a‧bil‧ity

Noun

permeability (usually uncountable, plural permeabilities)

1. the property of being permeable
2. the rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material
3. (geology) a measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water)
4. (physics) a quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dynamic permeability
• hyperpermeability
• hypopermeability
• impermeability

• magnetic permeability
• space permeability
• superpermeability

Related terms

• impermeable
• nonpermeable
• permeameter

Translations

property of being permeable

Dutch: doorlaatbaarheid, doorstroombaarheid, doorlaatbaarheid French: perméabilité (fr) f Galician: permeabilidade (gl) f

Irish: tréscaoilteacht f Italian: permeabilità (it) f Romanian: permeabilitate (ro)

rate of flow through a porous material

Dutch: doorstroming (nl)

measure of the ability to transmit fluids

Dutch: permeabiliteit (nl), doorlaatbaarheid

(physics) measure of magnetization of a material in the presence of a magnetic field

Czech: permeabilita f Dutch: permeabiliteit (nl), magnetische permeabiliteit Finnish: permeabiliteetti

French: perméabilité (fr) f Tagalog: katulutan

See also

• conductivity