perviousness n 1: the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) [syn: {penetrability}, {perviousness}] [ant: {impenetrability}, {imperviousness}]
Perviousness \Per"vi*ous*ness\, n. The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]