PERMEABLENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

permeability; permeableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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)