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• n  the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids

• When testers complained at first of overheated feet, Du Pont changed the porosity of the material, which now has a million holes per sq.
• Indeed, Hearst's serial paid less tribute to the enterprise of journalism than to the astonishing porosity of the supposedly secret Warren Commission's report.
• Any gaps in the tape that sealed the Daschle letter, or even the porosity of the envelope, therefore, could explain the inhalational-anthrax cases at the post offices the Daschle .

• porousness

• solidity

News & Articles

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• Material Characterization Solutions For Optimization Of Pharmaceutical Tableting
  Micromeritics AccuPyc II 1340 and GeoPyc 1360 Pycnometers can work in tandem to help optimize process design, manufacturing, and drug product performance of pharmaceutical powders and solid dosage forms. This dual instrument approach combines true (absolute) and envelop (bulk) volume measurements to determine true density, total pore volume, and percent porosity.
  Oct. 9, 2013 - PharmaceuticalOnline

Quotes

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• Steven Holl in World Architecture News
  You will feel like you're almost inside when you're outside and you're passing through,said Holl. "Paul Muldoon's inspiration mixed really well with my idea of porosity."
• Dhiraj Parsana in Hindu
  Explaining the uniqueness of the red clay at the Wankhede, Parsana said: "Its porosity is high. When's it's wet, it helps in the binding process and when it's dry, the top crumbles rapidly. The trick here is to find out ways to preserve moisture and...