n, pl  -ties  1 a  :  the quality or state of being porous  b  :  the ratio of the volume of interstices of a material to the volume of its mass  2  :  PORE .
 
    
 
Similar sounding terms:  par·a·site  per·ac·id  peri·cyte  peri·ost 
 
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