Perviousness

2 definitions found

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

  Perviousness \Per"vi*ous*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness
     of glass. --Boyle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  perviousness
       n : the permeability of something that can be penetrated by a
           liquid [syn: {penetrability}] [ant: {impenetrability}, {impenetrability}]