permeability

Questions about permeability

What does permeability mean?

permeability means "the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)".

How many syllables are in permeability?

permeability has 6 syllables: per-me-a-bil-i-ty. The stress falls on "bil". In IPA it is /pɚˌmiəˈbɪlɪti/.

What is another word for permeability?

Close synonyms include permeableness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of permeability?

The recorded antonyms are impermeability.

Is permeability a common word?

permeability is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with permeability?

48 words rhyme with permeability. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.