An average streamwise channel velocity is proposed as a more accurate representation of the actual intrapore velocity than the intrinsic phase average velocity. A relationship is derived between the average streamwise channel velocity and the interstitial velocity and superficial velocity. New definitions of tortuosity and areosity as second-order tensors are proposed for porous media in general. Novel names, semantically in line with the respective physical meanings, ate proposed for these quantities. The definitions produce results which conform with several other published results and are applicable to anisotropic media in general.