permeability

IPA: pɝmiʌbˈɪɫɪti

The property of being permeable.
The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
(geology) A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water).
(physics) 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).

Examples of "permeability" in Sentences

Role of gastrointestinal permeability in exertional heatstroke.
The permeability of the coal matrix is negligible by comparison.
For the ideal transformer, the permeability of the core is infinite.
The material-specific conductivity for the magnetic flux is called permeability µ.
_magnetization curves_, it is easy to determine other data from which so-called permeability curves may be plotted.
Overloaded with calcium, the mitochondrial membrane becomes leaky, and a pore, known as the permeability transition pore (PTP), opens.
More accurately, the permeability is the ratio existing between the amount of magnetization and the magnetizing force which produces such magnetization.
A very close watch was kept upon auroral phenomena with interesting results, especially in their relation to the "permeability" of the ether to wireless waves.
"We found that if you add stem cells, there's a restoration of the permeability, meaning stem cells were protective -- they prevented permeability-increase in the epithelium," he said.
A rock with large grains has large cracks, and this gives it a permeability, which is the joining of these cracks to give a path through which oil (or water or gas) can flow through the rock.
Early testing of the P4 and P5 parameter wells has shown good permeability, which is also true with the other parameter wells the Company has drilled and stimulated reaching out from the 1H Pilot Area.