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Definition of Perviousness
1. Noun. The quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.).
Generic synonyms: Quality
Antonyms: Impenetrability, Imperviousness
Derivative terms: Penetrable, Penetrable, Pervious
Definition of Perviousness
1. n. The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass.
Definition of Perviousness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being pervious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perviousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perviousness
Literary usage of Perviousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"Most rocks are more or less pervious, but they differ greatly in their degree of
perviousness, according to the number and size of their interstices and the ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1856)
"... injected into the sac, will show that there is perviousness in that quarter.
Chronic inflammation of the derivative lacrymal passages. ..."
3. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"Wollny attributes these favorable effects in the main to the increased looseness,
and perviousness of the soil to air, and diminished water-holding power. ..."
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