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spongiousness

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English

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Etymology

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From spongious +‎ -ness.

Noun

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spongiousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being spongious.
    • 1994, Mário A. Barbosa, A. Campilho, Imaging Techniques in Biomaterials, page 338:
      This emphasizes that spongiousness has primarily biomechanical reasons and cannot be traced back to material intolerance due to the cement.