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Permeability vs Patency - What's the difference?

permeability | patency |

As nouns the difference between permeability and patency

is that permeability is the property of being permeable while patency is (medicine) the degree of openness of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter; the relative absence of blockage measured in percent.

permeability

English

(wikipedia permeability)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • the property of being permeable
  • the rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material
  • (geology) a measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water)
  • (physics) a quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).

    • Related terms

    * impermeable * nonpermeable * permeameter

    See also

    * conductivity

    patency

    English

    Noun

    (patencies)
  • (medicine) The degree of openness of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter; the relative absence of blockage. Measured in percent.
  • (uncountable) Obviousness; clarity.