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English Dictionary: porousness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
porousness
n
  1. the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
    Synonym(s): porosity, porousness
    Antonym(s): solidity, solidness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Porousness \Por"ous*ness\, n.
      1. The quality of being porous.
  
      2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.]
  
                     They will forcibly get into the porousness of it.
                                                                              --Sir K.
                                                                              Digby.
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