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Definition of porous
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of porous is as below...
Porous
(n.) Full of
pores;
having
interstices
in the skin or in the
substance
of the body;
having
spiracles
or
passages
for
fluids;
permeable
by
liquids;
as, a
porous
skin;
porous
wood..
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Rarefy
::
Rarefy
(v. i.) To
become
less
dense;
to
become
thin and
porous.
Osmose
::
Osmose
(n.) The
tendency
in
fluids
to mix, or
become
equably
diffused,
when in
contact.
It was first
observed
between
fluids
of
differing
densities,
and as
taking
place
through
a
membrane
or an
intervening
porous
structure.
The more rapid flow from the
thinner
to the
thicker
fluid was then
called
endosmose,
and the
opposite,
slower
current,
exosmose.
Both are,
however,
results
of the same
force.
Osmose
may be
regarded
as a form of
molecular
attraction,
allied
to that of
adhesion..
Pumice
::
Pumice
(n.) A very light
porous
volcanic
scoria,
usually
of a gray
color,
the pores of which are
capillary
and
parallel,
giving
it a
fibrous
structure.
It is
supposed
to be
produced
by the
disengagement
of
watery
vapor
without
liquid
or
plastic
lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of
powder,
for
smoothing
and
polishing.
Called
also
pumice
stone..
Heterosporous
::
Heterosporous
(a.)
Producing
two kinds of
spores
unlike
each
other.
Atmolysis
::
Atmolysis
(n.) The act or
process
of
separating
mingled
gases of
unequal
diffusibility
by
transmission
through
porous
substances.
Porously
::
Porously
(adv.)
In a
porous
manner.
Adarce
::
Adarce
(n.) A
saltish
concretion
on reeds and grass in
marshy
grounds
in
Galatia.
It is soft and
porous,
and was
formerly
used for
cleansing
the skin from
freckles
and
tetters,
and also in
leprosy..
Imporous
::
Imporous
(a.)
Destitute
of
pores;
very close or
compact
in
texture;
solid.
Soporous
::
Soporous
(a.)
Causing
sleep;
sleepy.
Vaporose
::
Vaporose
(a.) Full of
vapor;
vaporous.
Stereometric
::
Stereometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
determining
the
specific
gravity
of
liquid
bodies,
porous
bodies,
and
powders,
as well as
solids..
Cupel
::
Cupel (n.) A
shallow
porous
cup, used in
refining
precious
metals,
commonly
made of bone ashes
(phosphate
of
lime)..
Percolate
::
Percolate
(v. i.) To pass
through
fine
interstices;
to
filter;
as, water
percolates
through
porous
stone..
Gorgoniacea
::
Gorgoniacea
(n. pl.) One of the
principal
divisions
of
Alcyonaria,
including
those forms which have a firm and
usually
branched
axis,
covered
with a
porous
crust,
or
c/nenchyma,
in which the polyp cells are
situated..
Thecasporous
::
Thecasporous
(a.)
Having
the
spores
in
thecae,
or
cases..
Vapory
::
Vapory
(a.) Full of
vapors;
vaporous.
Utricular
::
Utricular
(a.)
Resembling
a
utricle
or bag,
whether
large or
minute;
-- said
especially
with
reference
to the
condition
of
certain
substances,
as
sulphur,
selenium,
etc., when
condensed
from the
vaporous
state and
deposited
upon cold
bodies,
in which case they
assume
the form of small
globules
filled
with
liquid..
Dynamite
::
Dynamite
(n.) An
explosive
substance
consisting
of
nitroglycerin
absorbed
by some
inert,
porous
solid,
as
infusorial
earth,
sawdust,
etc. It is safer than
nitroglycerin,
being less
liable
to
explosion
from
moderate
shocks,
or from
spontaneous
decomposition..
Transparent
::
Transparent
(a.)
Admitting
the
passage
of
light;
open;
porous;
as, a
transparent
veil..
Chatty
::
Chatty
(n.) A
porous
earthen
pot used in India for
cooling
water,
etc..
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