Porosity

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The state of being porous.
uncountable
A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume
countable

Equivalents

Españolporosidad

Françaisporosité

DeutschDurchlässigkeit Porigkeit Porosität

14 more languages

العربيةالمسامية

Danskporøsitet

فارسیپوکی تخلخل

Suomihuokoisuus

ગુજરાતીછિદ્રાળુતા

Bahasa Indonesiaporositas

Italianoporosità

日本語気孔

Latinaporositas

Nederlandsporeusheid porositeit

Polskiporowatość

Portuguêsporosidade

Русскийпо́ристость

Svenskaluckerhet porositet

Examples

“An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

porosome porotaxy porotic porotiti porotype Porous

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