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Darker roasts, however, maintained higher caffeine levels than lighter roasts when porosity and extraction yields were uniform across all varieties.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
The idea of porosity was not only Benjamin and Lācis’s way of explaining how Naples did not accept modern capitalism’s strict distinctions between work and leisure, personal and communal, and public and private.
—Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The Evija’s beauty comes as much from what is there as what isn’t, as Lotus seeks to give the body a degree of porosity, where large channels are removed to enhance airflow, thus boosting downforce and lowering drag.
—Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2019
Engineer Don Kramer told a Coast Guard panel there were wrinkles, porosity and voids in the carbon fiber used for the pressure hull of OceanGate’s Titan submersible.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 18 June 2023
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
The idea of porosity was not only Benjamin and Lācis’s way of explaining how Naples did not accept modern capitalism’s strict distinctions between work and leisure, personal and communal, and public and private.
—Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The Evija’s beauty comes as much from what is there as what isn’t, as Lotus seeks to give the body a degree of porosity, where large channels are removed to enhance airflow, thus boosting downforce and lowering drag.
—Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2019
Engineer Don Kramer told a Coast Guard panel there were wrinkles, porosity and voids in the carbon fiber used for the pressure hull of OceanGate’s Titan submersible.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 18 June 2023
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“Porosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porosity. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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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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