permeability
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There is naturally some level of permeability in the membrane to allow for the flow of electrolytes, water, and nutrients into the bloodstream. — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, "Leaky Gut Syndrome Isn’t an Official Diagnosis, but the Symptoms Are Real," 19 Mar. 2019 Marco Martinez, 25, a research analyst in Los Angeles, is part of a younger generation of men that’s rediscovering the power of permeability. — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, "Who Needs Gender? Why Men and Women Are Dressing Identically," 21 Feb. 2019 The architects created the illusion of permeability by cladding the home’s top window with a pattern of metal material. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Bright red prefab home could pass for a modern barn," 8 June 2018 Shale tends to have both low porosity and low permeability. — Jeffrey Ball, Fortune, "Photographing The Permian Basin," 25 May 2018 Other constituents might interfere with the permeability and porosity of the shale itself, gumming up oil production. — Jennifer Hiller, San Antonio Express-News, "Oil field wastewater finds a second life," 7 May 2018 Given that permeability, the financial temptation for pop stars to head to Nashville is clear. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Telling the Pop-Star-Goes-Country Story Again," 6 Apr. 2018 This permeability would be a recurring feature of his later work. — Nikil Saval, New York Times, "Kengo Kuma’s Architecture of the Future," 15 Feb. 2018 In these plants, cooling temperatures initiate the accumulation of sugars, modification of proteins and changes in cell membrane permeability - all of which increase the plant's cold hardiness. — Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, "Protecting plants from the cold (Garden Talk)," 5 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'permeability.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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