porosity
English
Noun
porosity (countable and uncountable, plural porosities)
- (uncountable) The state of being porous.
- Synonym: porousness
- 2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London, Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:
- An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.
- (countable) A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume
Translations
state of being porous
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measure of how porous a material is
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