porosity
pronunciation
How to pronounce porosity in British English:
UK [pɔ:ˈrɒsəti]
How to pronounce porosity in American English:
US [pɔˈrɑsəti]
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- Noun:
- the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
Word Origin
- porosity (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French porosité, from Medieval Latin porositas, from porus (see pore (n.)).
Example
- 1. Effects of soil salinization and noncapillary porosity on the biomass forming and ecological dominance of leymus chinensis community .
- 2. This image , which shows the porosity of the rock , and the channels between the pores , is then subject to a computer analysis that reveals how easily hydrocarbons will flow through it under pressure-and thus the likely productivity of a well dug at that site .
- 3. Commonly the dolomite crytals form a framework with evenly distributed porosity .
- 4. Different porosity reading on the neutron porosity log for the same formation due to gas in the pore space .
- 5. However , in the vicinity of tourism passage , some physical properties have slightly changed which makes porosity of soil narrowed down , which is considered as the negative influence brought up by the tourism on soil .