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Penetration

Penetration Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Penetration? [n] the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" [n] the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman [n] an attack that penetrates into enemy territory [n] the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target) [n] the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries" [n] clear or deep perception of a situation Synonyms \| Synonyms for Penetration: incursion \| insight Related Terms \| Find terms related to Penetration: access \| acuity \| acumen \| acupunctuation \| acupuncture \| acuteness \| admission \| apperception \| astuteness \| bore \| boring \| broach \| cleverness \| cogency \| critical discernment \| decoction \| diffusion \| discernment \| discrimination \| drill hole \| embedment \| empiercement \| entrance \| entree \| entry \| farseeingness \| farsightedness \| fixing \| flair \| foresight \| foresightedness \| goring \| graft \| grafting \| imbuement \| impaction \| impactment \| impalement \| implantation \| import \| importation \| importing \| impregnation \| incision \| incisiveness \| income \| incoming \| infiltration \| infixion \| infusion \| ingoing \| ingress \| ingression \| injection \| inoculation \| input \| inroad \| insertion \| insight \| insinuation \| instillation \| instillment \| intake \| intelligence \| interjection \| interpenetration \| interpolation \| introduction \| introgression \| intromission \| intrusion \| judgment \| keenness \| lancing \| leakage \| longheadedness \| longsightedness \| marination \| overrunning \| overspreading \| overswarming \| penetrating \| perception \| perceptiveness \| percipience \| percolation \| perforation \| perfusion \| permeation \| perspicaciousness \| perspicacity \| perspicuity \| perspicuousness \| pervasion \| piercing \| pricking \| providence \| punching \| puncture \| puncturing \| quick-wittedness \| reception \| sagaciousness \| sagacity \| saturation \| seepage \| sensibility \| sensitivity \| sentience \| shrewdness \| skewering \| soaking \| steeping \| suffusion \| terebration \| tessellation \| transfixation \| transfixion \| transforation \| transfusion \| transplant \| transplantation \| trenchancy \| trepanning \| trephining \| understanding \| wit See Also \| ability \| attack \| breakthrough \| carnal knowledge \| coition \| coitus \| congress \| copulation \| depth \| entering \| entrance \| entry \| foray \| incoming \| infiltration \| ingress \| intercourse \| interpenetration \| invasion \| maraud \| market penetration \| onrush \| onset \| onslaught \| perception \| permeation \| raid \| relation \| sex act \| sexual congress \| sexual intercourse \| sexual relation Penetration In Webster's Dictionary \Pen"e*tra`tion\, n. [L. penetratio: cf. F. p['e]n['e]tration.] 1. The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult. And to each in ward part, With gentle penetration, though unseen, Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep. --Milton. A penetration into the difficulties of algebra. --Watts. 2. Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration. --Walpole. Syn: Discernment; sagacity; acuteness; sharpness; discrimination. See {Discernment}, and {Sagacity}.

Penetration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Penetration?

[n] the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women"
[n] the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
[n] an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
[n] the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
[n] the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"
[n] clear or deep perception of a situation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Penetration: incursion | insight

Penetration In Webster's Dictionary

\Pen"e*tra`tion\, n. [L. penetratio: cf. F.
p['e]n['e]tration.]
1. The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering;
   also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or
   comprehending, anything difficult.

         And to each in ward part, With gentle penetration,
         though unseen, Shoots invisible virtue even to the
         deep.                                 --Milton.

         A penetration into the difficulties of algebra.
                                               --Watts.

2. Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a
   person of singular penetration. --Walpole.

Syn: Discernment; sagacity; acuteness; sharpness;
     discrimination. See {Discernment}, and {Sagacity}.

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