Examples of 'porous' in a sentence

Meaning of "porous"

porous (adjective) - Having small holes that allow liquid or air to pass through. It is often used to describe materials like rocks or sponges, as in 'The porous soil absorbs rainwater easily.'
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  • Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
  • With many gaps.
  • full of loopholes

How to use "porous" in a sentence

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Forms ignition barrier on porous combustible materials.
To a porous substrate apply from the bottom up.
Friction material becomes porous completely or in spots.
These porous connections are called sieve plates.
Nickel powder and porous nickel metal.
With a porous border cartel violence is spreading.
But petrified tissue is porous on a microscopic level.
Porous tubes are installed along a mortar course.
Wood is naturally porous and difficult to sanitize.
Porous nature of rubber makes it hard to clean.
It tends to be porous and have low density.
Porous deposits can entrap and concentrate.
A combination of both porous and fractured aquifer.
Or porous zone that can hold water.
Characterization of the porous structure of the paper.

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Porous duct configured with a thin film.
Spray crystallized porous spheres of ceramic material.
This must be the inside of a bone as it is porous.
For the porous material in the cylinder.
The soil over there is too porous.
For the porous mass in the cylinder.
The pappi are planting themselves on anything porous.
Polymeric porous membranes in hollow fibre form.
Only works with plaster moulds porous.
Stone is a porous material which is susceptible to staining.
Top surfaces are amortized and porous sponges.
Wood is porous and its growth is directional.
It has a generally pitted and porous appearance.
Since ivory is a porous material it is susceptible to staining.
The rock above the line is porous.
Foam glass is a porous glass foam material.
The porous structure may be microporous or macroporous.
System is far too porous to have logged.
Such a porous material is preferably a sintered material.
Surface defects and porous are not permitted.
This porous material is preferably a macroporous material.
This material can be a porous or perforated member.
Their porous defense is a big reason why.
Method for producing a porous monolithic material.
Micron porous powder sintered metal stainl.
Travertine deposits are described as too porous to be usable.
They are both porous and permeable to water.
Terra cotta pots are preferable as they are porous.
Paper is porous and absorbs water well.
The periosteum of these bones is somewhat porous.
It is extremely porous and absorbs water easily.
It is characteristic for different types of porous medium.
The atom is as porous as the solar system.
These reactors can be described as a porous medium.
The percolating porous electrode acted as cathode.

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