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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

perviousness en · NOUN

Etymology

From pervious + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being pervious.
    • some Philosophers suppose in the pores of Glass, as 'tis a transparent body, or rather in their ranks or rows, may facilitate the Perviousness we above observ'd in Glass 1673, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the title)”, in Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums. […], London: […] W[illiam] G[odbid] for M[oses] Pitt, […], →OCLC:

Antonyms

imperviousness