permeability : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: permeability	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
permeability n the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion) Synonym(s): permeability, permeableness Antonym(s): impermeability, impermeableness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Permeability \Per`meabil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. perm[82]abilit[82].] 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.