permeabil1ty

[Fr. perméabilité, from perméable =permeable (q. v.).] The quality or state of being permeable. per-mě-a-ble, a . [Lat. permeabilis , from permeo to permeate (q. v.); Fr. perméable ; Sp. permea ble; Ital. per me a bile .] Capable of being permeated or pa ed through without rupture or displacement of parts; admitting or capable of permeation; yielding pa age; penetrable; used espec. of substances which al allow the pa age of fluids. "The softer and more permeable orifice, into the omasus."-Browne: Cyrus' Garden , ch. iii. per-me-a-bly, adv . [Eng. permeab(le); -ly.] In a permeable manner; so as to be permeable. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f permeant