Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A measure of the ability of a magnetic circuit to conduct magnetic flux; the reciprocal of reluctance.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or fact of permeating; permeation.
  • noun In physical, the reciprocal of the reluctance of a magnetic circuit; magnetic conductance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Magnetism) Permeation

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A measure of the degree to which a material allows a fluid to permeate it.
  • noun physics The reciprocal of reluctance in a magnetic circuit; the analogue of conductance in an electrical circuit.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin permeāre, to penetrate; see permeate.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From stem of Latin permere ("to penetrate") +‎ -ance

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Examples

  • Libertys permeance in American society often makes its manifestations elusive or invisible to those born into it.

    Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin 2009

  • Libertys permeance in American society often makes its manifestations elusive or invisible to those born into it.

    Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin 2009

  • Her latest post is about the near-permeance of suburban landscapes: "In urban areas, there's rich precedent for the transformation or reuse of abandoned lots or buildings.

    Blogbot - forsiden 2009

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