porous
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əs, ˈpoʊr-
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World English Dictionary
porous (ˈpɔːrəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | permeable to water, air, or other fluids |
| 2. | 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 | |
| 'porously | |
| —adv | |
| 'porousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
porous
late 14c., "full of pores," from M.Fr. poreux (14c.), M.L. porosus, from L. porus "opening" (see pore (n.)).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
porous po·rous (pôr'əs)
adj.
Full of or having pores.
Admitting the passage of gas or liquid through pores.
po'rous·ness n.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| porous (pôr'əs) Pronunciation Key
Having many pores or other small spaces that can hold a gas or liquid or allow it to pass through. |
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Example sentences
Don't even try to close the holes in a country, and a society, designed to be porous.
Capital controls provide some breathing room, but they are porous and often impose many other costs on the economy.
The metal is porous and rough, and until it gains a patina from use it is the opposite of nonstick.
But the boundaries between the two jobs can get pretty porous.
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