porous

po·rous

 (pôr′əs)

adj.

1. Admitting the passage of gas or liquid through pores or interstices.

2. Easily crossed or penetrated: a porous border.

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[Middle English, from Old French poreux, poros, from Medieval Latin porōsus, from Latin porus, passage; see pore².]

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po′rous·ly adv.

po′rous·ness n.

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porous

(ˈpɔːrəs)

adj

1. permeable to water, air, or other fluids

2. (Geological Science) biology geology having pores; poriferous

3. easy to cross or penetrate: the porous border into Thailand; the most porous defence in the league.

[C14: from Medieval Latin porōsus, from Late Latin porus pore²]

ˈporously adv

ˈporousness n

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po•rous

(ˈpɔr əs, ˈpoʊr-)

adj.

1. permeable by water, air, etc.

2. full of pores.

[1350–1400; Middle English, variant of porose < Medieval Latin porōsus. See pore², -ous]

po′rous•ly, adv.

po′rous•ness, n.

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po·rous

(pôr′əs)

Having many pores or other small spaces that allow a gas or liquid to pass through.

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porosity (pə-rŏs′ĭ-tē) noun

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porous

Able to allow the passage of water, air, or other fluids.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	porous - able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous" permeable - allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through; "permeable membranes"; "rock that is permeable by water"
	2.	porous - full of pores or vessels or holes poriferous nonporous - not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores; "nonporous wood"
	3.	porous - allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous" holey leaky - permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases ; "a leaky roof"; "a leaky defense system"

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porous

adjective permeable, absorbent, spongy, absorptive, penetrable, pervious The local limestone is extremely porous.
impenetrable, impervious, impermeable, nonporous

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Translations

ذو مَسام

poréznípropustný

porös

huokoinen

poreux

lyukacsos

gljúpur

poroso

poroso

priepustný

porös

gözenekli

可浸透的

porous

[ˈpɔːrəs] ADJ → poroso

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porous

[ˈpɔːrəs] adj → poreux/euse

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porous

adj

rock, substance → porös; skin → porig

border, defence → durchlässig

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porous

[ˈpɔːrəs] adj → poroso/a

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pore¹

(poː) noun

a tiny hole, especially of a sweat gland in the skin. porie ثُقْب، أحَد مسام الجِلْد пора poro pór die Pore pore πόρος δέρματος poro poor روزنه huokonen poreנקבובית छोटा छेद pora, rupica u koži pórus pori svitahola poro 毛穴 땀구멍, 숨구멍 pora pora liang-liang roma porieporepor كوچنى سورى poro por пора pór pora pora por รูขุมขน gözenek 小孔，毛孔 свердловина; шпара مسام، باريک سوراخ lỗ chân lông 小孔，毛孔

ˈporous adjective

allowing liquid to pass through. porous clay. poreus ذو مَسام порест poroso porézní, propustný porös poret πορώδηςporoso poorne منفذ دار huokoinen poreux מְחַלחֵל छिद्रिल, सूक्ष्मरंध्र porozan, šupljikav lyukacsos berlubang-lubang gljúpur poroso 穴の多い 투과성의 akytas, korytas, poringas porains dapat menyerap; poros poreusporøs porowaty هغه شى چې اوبه ورڅخه تيرى داى شې poroso poros пористый priepustný porozen koji propušta porös ที่มีรูพรุน gözenekli 可浸透的 пористий, ніздрюватий مسام دار، سوراخوں والا xốp 可浸透的

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po·rous

a. poroso-a, permeable.

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