porousness
Quality of holes
Porousness is the quality of having pores or small openings that allow passage of air, water, or other substances.
A sponge has porousness; so does soil.
The term extends to anything permeable or penetrable: the porousness of national borders, the porousness of the boundary between work and personal life.
Process of taking in
- soakSaturate with liquid
- saturateSoak to full capacity
- wickingLiquid drawn through fibers
- percolateFilter through gradually
seepage · sponge · capillarity · osmosis · imbibe · blotter · drench · engulf
Passive molecular spreading
- penetrationEntry into something
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
- fluxContinuous change or flow
percolation · infiltration · breathability · transmission · passage · migration · interstice · conductivity
Soft and absorbent
- foamBubble-filled substance
- compressibleCapable of being condensed
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- flexibleAble to bend freely
softness · honeycomb · aerated · cellular · lattice · pitted · perforated · pumice
Mesh filtering utensil
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- strainerPerforated draining vessel
- filterPorous separation device
- meshInterlocking open weave
screen · purification · micron · cartridge · clarification · sedimentation · desalination · charcoal
absorption
Process of taking in
percolate · seepage · sponge · capillarity · osmosis · imbibe · blotter · drench · engulf · sop
diffusion
Passive molecular spreading
- penetrationEntry into something
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
flux · percolation · infiltration · breathability · transmission · passage · migration · interstice · conductivity · exchange
spongy
Soft and absorbent
- foamBubble-filled substance
- compressibleCapable of being condensed
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
flexible · softness · honeycomb · aerated · cellular · lattice · pitted · perforated · pumice · springy
sieve
Mesh filtering utensil
mesh · screen · purification · micron · cartridge · clarification · sedimentation · desalination · charcoal · aeration
porousnessimpermeability
Resistance to passage
imperviousness · solidity · airtightness · watertightness · denseness
porousnessimpermeability
Resistance to passage
impenetrability · imperviousness · insularity · hermetic sealing · closedness
pouring, porous, pore, pores, pored, pourer, porosity, pourable, nonporous