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darcy
Definition of darcy
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: a unit of porous permeability in physics equal to the permeability of a medium through which the rate of flow of a fluid having one centipoise viscosity under a pressure gradient of one atmosphere per centimeter would be one cubic centimeter per second per square centimeter cross section — compare darcy's law
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Origin and Etymology of darcy
after Henri P.G. Darcy †1858 French hydraulic engineer
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