perviousness

English

Etymology

pervious +‎ -ness

Noun

perviousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being pervious.
    Antonym: imperviousness
    • 1673, Robert Boyle, Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums
      some Philosophers suppose in the pores of Glass, as 'tis a transparent body, or rather in their ranks or rows, may facilitate the Perviousness we above observ'd in Glass

References
  • perviousness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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