PERMEABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does permeableness mean? 

• PERMEABLENESS (noun)
  The noun PERMEABLENESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)

  Familiarity information: PERMEABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERMEABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

permeability; permeableness

Hypernyms ("permeableness" is a kind of...):

porosity; porousness (the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permeableness"):

absorbency (the property of being absorbent)

Derivation:

permeable (allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through)