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Permeability, permeable and semipermeable have several meanings:
- Permeability (electromagnetism), in electromagnetism, is the degree of magnetisation of a material in response to a magnetic field.
- Permeability (fluid), in earth sciences, is a measure of the ability of a material to transmit fluids.
- Semipermeable membrane, a membrane which will allow certain molecules or ions to pass through it by diffusion.
- Permeability tensor, permeability in an anisotropic medium.
- Vascular permeability, the movement of fluids and molecules between the vascular and extravascular compartments.
