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Porousness

noun
1.
The property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids.  Synonym: porosity.





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"Porousness" Quotes from Famous Books



... this region, is one common to all countries of volcanic, origin,—a scarcity of water. The porousness of the rocks allows it to pass under ground to the sea. Consequently one finds few streams and springs in Lower California. From the Cape San Lucas to the mouth of the Colorado, six hundred miles, there are only two streams ...
— The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California • Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont


Words linked to "Porousness" :   porous, consistence, consistency, permeability, body, porosity, solidity, eubstance, permeableness, sponginess


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