perviousness

English

Etymology

pervious +‎ -ness

Noun

perviousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being pervious.
    • 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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for perviousness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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