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porous porous definition

porous


 
  Grep  of  noun  porous 
  porousness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  porous 
 
  The  adj  porous  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (14)  porous  --  (able  to  absorb  fluids;  "the  partly  porous  walls  of  our  digestive  system";  "compacting  the  soil  to  make  it  less  porous") 
  2.  porous,  poriferous  --  (full  of  pores  or  vessels  or  holes) 
  3.  holey,  porous  --  (allowing  passage  in  and  out  "our  unfenced  and  largely  unpoliced  border  inevitably  has  been  very  porous") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  porous 
 
  3  senses  of  porous 
 
  Sense  1 
  porous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  permeable)  ->  impermeable 
 
  Sense  2 
  porous  (vs.  nonporous),  poriferous 
 
  nonporous  (vs.  porous) 
 
  Sense  3 
  holey,  porous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  leaky)  ->  tight 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  porous 
 
  3  senses  of  porous 
 
  Sense  1 
  porous 
  =>  permeable  (vs.  impermeable) 
 
  Sense  2 
  porous  (vs.  nonporous),  poriferous 
  =>  porose 
 
  Sense  3 
  holey,  porous 
  =>  leaky  (vs.  tight) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  porous 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  porous 
 
  porous  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  porous 
  arthrosporous 
  ascosporous 
  basidiosporous 
  carposporous 
  heterosporous 
  homosporous 
  nonporous 
  porous 
  saporous 
  stuporous 
  vaporous 
 
  Overview  of  adj  porous 
 
  The  adj  porous  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (14)  porous  --  (able  to  absorb  fluids;  "the  partly  porous  walls  of  our  digestive  system";  "compacting  the  soil  to  make  it  less  porous") 
  2.  porous,  poriferous  --  (full  of  pores  or  vessels  or  holes) 
  3.  holey,  porous  --  (allowing  passage  in  and  out  "our  unfenced  and  largely  unpoliced  border  inevitably  has  been  very  porous") 



porous definition