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The Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk’s fiction is known for its interest in the porosity of boundaries—between nations, between ethnicities, between fiction and reality, consciousness and dreams.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Used as a warm oil treatment, the blend penetrates more deeply before forming a seal, providing high-porosity hair with both hydration and retention in one step.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 25 Nov. 2025
Not sure what your porosity level is?
—Zoë Weiner, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2025
However, that extra porosity reduces how much active material and, in turn, energy the battery can store overall.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Used as a warm oil treatment, the blend penetrates more deeply before forming a seal, providing high-porosity hair with both hydration and retention in one step.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 25 Nov. 2025
Not sure what your porosity level is?
—Zoë Weiner, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2025
However, that extra porosity reduces how much active material and, in turn, energy the battery can store overall.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Porosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porosity. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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porosity
noun
po·ros·i·ty
pə-ˈräs-ət-ē 
pōr-ˈäs-,
pȯ-ˈräs-
plural porosities
: the quality or state of being porous
Medical Definition
porosity
noun
po·ros·i·ty
pə-ˈräs-ət-ē, pō-, pȯ-
plural porosities
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