In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PERMEANCE
Etymology
Noun
permeance (usually uncountable, plural permeances)
A measure of the degree to which a material allows a fluid to permeate it.
(physics) The reciprocal of reluctance in a magnetic circuit; the analogue of conductance in an electrical circuit.
Source: Wiktionary
Per"me*ance, n. [See Permeant.]
Definition: Permeation; specif. (Magnetism),
Definition: the reciprocal of reluctance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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