Definition of "breathability" [breathability]

• The ability of a fabric (or clothing) to transmit air and moisture (noun)
• The quality of air suitable for breathing (noun)

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• "Very little breathability, which is the opposite of what I want when I'm wearing a skirt in the 90-degree sauna that is Boston in summer."
• "One thousand times thinner than a human hair, ion-mask™ is completely invisible and weightless as well as delivering the full natural airflow of the shoe material - keeping wearers comfortable and dry, by resisting water from outside and maintaining optimum control of temperature and 'breathability'."
• "(While 'breathability' can often be a very subjective concept and is, more than lab testers would like to admit, dependent to a significant degree upon the individual's physiology, when you're dressed in shorts, a t-shirt, and a truly featherweight shirt in 65 degree F weather, with a wind blowing rain in, standing in a creek running high from snow melting into its headwaters from the mountain sitting only a few miles from where you're standing and are still sweating buckets ...)"