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patency

noun
/ˈpeɪtənsi/

Etymology

From patent + -cy.

  1. derived from patentes lettres — “document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree”
  2. derived from lettres patentes
  3. derived from lettres patentes
  4. derived from patente
  5. inherited from patent — “document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”
  6. suffixed as patency — “patent + cy”

Definitions

  1. The condition or state of being patent.

  2. The degree of openness (of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter)

    The degree of openness (of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter); the relative absence of blockage or obstruction, and measured in percent.

  3. Obviousness

    Obviousness; clarity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for patency. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA