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pore::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stoma, stomate |
| Type of | aperture |
| Has types | water stoma, germ pore, hydathode, lenticel, water pore |
pore::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | channel, epithelial duct, duct, canal |
| Has types | ostiole |
| Derivation | poriferous, porous |
pore::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hole |
| Derivation | poriferous, porous |
Examples of pore
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Dozens of people crammed into the building's small lobby to pore over the lists.
From the denverpost.com
An ideal soil has about half the pore space filled with air and half with water.
From the delawareonline.com
Sundaydeer diary as pore Abe ses him and me is going trough the vail of despond.
From the theatlantic.com
You may also hear about pore-minimizing treatments, including microdermabrasion.
From the denverpost.com
You could pore over the pages every day for a year and still find fresh delights.
From the guardian.co.uk
Vetters must pore over the information, reading and cross-checking reams of data.
From the washingtonpost.com
Single-molecule transport across an individual biomimetic nuclear pore complex.
From the nature.com
This paper is the first report of stable pore formation by a lipid in a membrane.
From the nature.com
The puffballs release their spores through a small pore at the top of the ball.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
- Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
- Concentrate: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
- Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
- Stoma: a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
- (porous) able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous"
- (porous) full of pores or vessels or holes
- Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0 and 100%. Strictly speaking, some tests measure the "accessible void," the total amount of void space accessible from the surface (cf. closed-cell foam)...
- A tiny opening in the skin; by extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many or allowing passage of a fluid; to study meticulously; to go over again and again; to meditate or reflect in a steady way
- (porous) Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through; : full of loopholes; With many gaps
