Hypertext Webster Gateway: "permeability"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Permeability \Per`me*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
perm['e]abilit['e].]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
permeability
n : the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid
(as by osmosis or diffusion) [syn: {permeableness}] [ant:
{impermeability}]
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