Not if you look at the sample sentence provided at that link: Democrats faired marginally better in the study, ringing in at 31 percent.. I believe that using that sentence is an error on dictionary.com's part.
Porosity and Permeability Lab. The terms porosity and permeability are related. ï· porosity â the amount of empty space in a rock or other earth substance; this empty. space is known as pore space. Porosity is how much water a substance can hold. Porosity is usually stated as a percentage of the materialâs total volume. ï· permeability â is how well water flows through rock or other earth substance.
effective permeability. (physical chemistry). The observed permeability exhibited by a porous medium to one fluid phase when there is physical interaction between this phase and other fluid phases present.1  Facebook.2  Twitter.ffective permeability. (physical chemistry). The observed permeability exhibited by a porous medium to one fluid phase when there is physical interaction between this phase and other fluid phases present. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.