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Meaning of Permeability | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti

Definitions

  1. The property of being permeable.
  2. The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
  3. A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water).
  4. A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).

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Examples

“The sulfite cake is usually blended with fly ash (and possibly lime) to produce a landfillable byproduct of low permeability.”
“McNamara et al. (1991) suggested that neurofactors located within the thoracic ganglion may alter the apparent ionic permeabilities of this freshwater prawn.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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