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porosity

  • noun

The state of being porous.

Other meanings

  1. A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume

Related words

  • imporosity
  • macroporosity
  • mesoporosity
  • microporosity
  • nanoporosity
  • nonporosity

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