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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct;

2. the property of being easy to see and understand;
[syn: obviousness, noticeability, noticeableness, patency]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Patency \Pa"ten*cy\, n. [See Patent.]
   1. The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The state of being patent or evident.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

patency
    n 1: the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or
         duct
    2: the property of being easy to see and understand [syn:
       obviousness, noticeability, noticeableness, patency]