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Meaning of "porousness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POROUSNESS

porousness  [ˈpɔːrəsnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POROUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Porousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POROUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

porousness

Porosity

Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0 and 100%. There are many ways to test porosity in a substance or part, such as industrial CT scanning. The term porosity is used in multiple fields including pharmaceutics, ceramics, metallurgy, materials, manufacturing, earth sciences, soil mechanics and engineering.

Definition of porousness in the English dictionary

The definition of porousness in the dictionary is porosity. Other definition of porousness is penetrability; insecurity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POROUSNESS


biliousness
ˈbɪlɪəsnɪs
boisterousness
ˈbɔɪstərəsnɪs
cantankerousness
kænˈtæŋkərəsnɪs
carelessness
ˈkeələsnɪs
deviousness
ˈdiːvɪəsnɪs
helplessness
ˈhɛlpləsnɪs
hopelessness
ˈhəʊpləsnɪs
lawlessness
ˈlɔːləsnɪs
ludicrousness
ˈluːdɪkrəsnɪs
nervousness
ˈnɜːvəsnɪs
preposterousness
prɪˈpɒstərəsnɪs
restlessness
ˈrɛstləsnɪs
righteousness
ˈraɪtʃəsnɪs
seriousness
ˈsɪərɪəsnɪs
slumbrousness
ˈslʌmbrəsnɪs
sonorousness
ˈsɒnərəsnɪs
unconsciousness
ʌnˈkɒnʃəsnɪs
vaporousness
ˈveɪpərəsnɪs
viciousness
ˈvɪʃəsnɪs
viviparousness
vɪˈvɪpərəsnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POROUSNESS

porogamic
porogamy
poromeric
poroscope
poroscopic
poroscopy
porose
porosis
porosities
porosity
porous
porously
porpentine
porpess
porphyria
porphyric
porphyries
porphyrin
porphyrite
porphyritic

WORDS THAT END LIKE POROUSNESS

business
callousness
consciousness
dangerousness
deliciousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
hilariousness
homelessness
industriousness
jealousness
lusciousness
meaninglessness
obviousness
preciousness
rebelliousness
recklessness
religiousness
sleeplessness
statelessness
thoughtlessness

Synonyms and antonyms of porousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «porousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POROUSNESS

Find out the translation of porousness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of porousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «porousness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多孔性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

porosidad
570 millions of speakers

English

porousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

porousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نفاذية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пористость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

porousness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

porousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

porosité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keperitan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lässigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多孔性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다공
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Porousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xốp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

porousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Porousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gözenekliğini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

porosità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

porowatość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пористість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

porousness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλαδαρότ- ητά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poreusheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

porositet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

porousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of porousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POROUSNESS»

The term «porousness» is used very little and occupies the 153.923 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POROUSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «porousness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «porousness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about porousness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POROUSNESS»

Discover the use of porousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to porousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Virtual Communities: Bowling Alone, Online Together
In such consideration, three useful dimensions of association to analyze are (1) the porousness, (2) the institutional mode, and (3) the purpose of the group. First, porousness refers to a group's ease of entry and exit. How difficult is it to join or ...
Felicia Wu Song, 2009
2
A World of Regions: Asia and Europe in the American Imperium
A Very Distant World — Closed Regions in the 19305 The cultural diplomacy of states and the global markets for popular culture point us to the porousness of contemporary regionalism. As we have seen in this chapter, the pressures for ...
Peter J. Katzenstein, 2005
3
Diversity and Its Discontents: Cultural Conflict and Common ...
Porousness is best understood by contrasting it with tightly bounded institutions. Such institutions restrict the flow of people, goods, information, services, and other social transactions. In social network terms, the density of relationships within ...
Neil J. Smelser, Jeffrey C. Alexander, 1999
4
Meaning and Modernity: Religion, Polity, and Self
A society that permits people, goods, and information to flow easily and rapidly across social boundaries can be termed a porous society. The increasing porousness of American society over the past three or four decades is evident not only in ...
Richard Madsen, 2002
5
Annual Report... with Papers, Proceedings, Etc
"We are now prepared to attempt an explanation of the different species of porousness spoken of by Mr. Powell, and will try to reconcile it to the idea of one and only one cause, to wit, Putrefactive fermentation of the Albumen. First: "The fine ...
American Dairymen's Association, 1866
6
Report ... with Transactions and Addresses
We are now prepared to attempt an explanation of the different species of porousness spoken of by Mr. Powell, and will try to reconcile it to the idea of one and only one cause, to wit, Putrqfaclive fermentation of the Albumen First: “The fine ...
American Dairymen's Association, 1866
7
The Works ... to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author. A ...
I snourn here subjoin several other arguments of the porousness of wood, if I could display them without more words, than I am willing to allow them; and, I presume, it may here suffice, if I let you see, by some surprising effects, that wher ?
Robert I Boyle, 1772
8
The Internationalization of Japan
The effects of atmospheric pollution, deforestation and climate change give this sense of porousness a primary environmental referent. The safety of even strong states against external attack is contingent on the restraint and rationality of ...
Glenn D. Hook, Michael Weiner, 1992
9
Changing Course: Ideas, Politics, and the Soviet Withdrawal ...
I concentrate for the moment on the absence of two that most pertain to the Soyi' et case in the late 19805: the porousness of the state, and conditions within the international system aside from polarity.13 The porousness of the Soriet ...
Sarah E. Mendelson, 2014
10
Sound Sentiment: An Essay on the Musical Emotions, Including ...
Is it beautiful with respect to porousness? Our intuition tells us no; yet, after all, porousness might be a PQD. But here condition ( 1 ) of Sircello's formula has not been satisfied, for porousness is a defect in specimens of petrified wood.
Peter Kivy, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POROUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term porousness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Delaney: What do clubs need to win the Prem?
No champion has ever had a defensive record that bad, and the porousness of their defence effectively made it impossible for them to win the league. Of course ... «ESPN.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Turkish army open fire on IS group in Syria after soldier killed
... physical measures to improve security on the 911-kilometre (566-mile) frontier with Syria, whose porousness as been repeatedly criticised by ... «FRANCE 24, Jul 15»
3
At the MFA, a century of snapshots on display
But that very porousness is part of the fun of the show. Rigidity is most definitely not the order of the day in “Unfinished Stories.” Peter J. Cohen ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
4
Smugglers dodge Turkish army on border with Islamic State-held Syria
But despite the tighter security, the porousness of the border and the proximity of Islamic State have left Turkish residents feeling insecure. «Reuters UK, Jul 15»
5
Semi Permeable Films Companies Pipeline Review 2015
... the phospholipid bilayer is a semipermeable film that is particular in its porousness. The hydrophilic phosphate heads are in the outside layer ... «Solar Plaza, Jul 15»
6
Forza Motorsport 6 certainly plans on making a big splash
They each have their own characteristics regarding porousness, meaning that rain will absorb into the ground or pool up on the race track ... «Destructoid, Jul 15»
7
The Christian Case for Vaccinating Children
Biss is right to note the similarity between this porousness of self and the narrative of the Gospel: “Jesus offering his blood that we all might live. «The New Republic, Jul 15»
8
ExOne Unveils Water Wash-out Tooling Process for Industrial 3D …
... the application, ExMAL developed a surface coating process applied to the printed core which eliminates the porousness of printed media. «3DPrint.com, Jul 15»
9
Where is France heading?
There is also, in a series of regions, a real porousness between the electorates of the right and the far right. This part of the right takes up the ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jun 15»
10
Young, well-educated: New profile of drug abusers in Singapore
“Because it is happening in the US, inevitably the porousness of the internet allows our youths to also access the same information and the kind ... «Channel News Asia, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Porousness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/porousness>. Apr 2024 ».
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