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porosity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
poros-i-ty
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being porous.

Uncountable

noun

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

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English porous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English porosity From porous + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

porosities (plural)

Derived Forms

imporosity macroporosity mesoporosity microporosity nanoporosity nonporosity

Synonyms

porousness

Rhymes With

curiosity velocity generosity animosity viscosity atrocity luminosity ferocity monstrosity religiosity verbosity hypervelocity

Questions

What does porosity mean?
The state of being porous.
Where does porosity come from?
Etymology tree English porous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English porosity From porous + -ity.

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