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Meaning of POROUSNESS

Pronunciation:  'powrusnes

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 Definition: [n]  the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
 
 Synonyms: porosity
 
 Antonyms: solidity, solidness
 
 See Also: body, consistence, consistency, permeability, permeableness, sponginess

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Por"ous*ness\, n.
1. The quality of being porous.

2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.]

         They will forcibly get into the porousness of it.
                                               --Sir K.
                                               Digby.

 

 

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