Permeability

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Permeability \Per`me*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
     perm['e]abilit['e].]
     The quality or state of being permeable.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Magnetic permeability} (Physics), the specific capacity of a


        body for magnetic induction, or its conducting power for
        lines of magnetic force. --Sir W. Thomson.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  permeability
       n : the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid
           (as by osmosis or diffusion) [syn: {permeableness}] [ant:
            {impermeability}]