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penetration
[ pen-i-trey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or power of penetrating. penetrating.
- mental acuteness, discernment, or insight:
a scholar of rare penetration.
Synonyms: profundity, depth, discrimination, perception, understanding
- the obtaining of a share of a market for some commodity or service.
- the extension, usually peaceful, of the influence of one nation or culture into the affairs of another.
- a military attack that penetrates into enemy territory.
- Gunnery. the depth to which a projectile goes into the target.
- the measure of relative depth of field of a telescope or microscope, especially a binocular microscope.
penetration
/ ˌpɛnɪˈtreɪʃən /
noun
- the act or an instance of penetrating
- the ability or power to penetrate
- keen insight or perception
- military an offensive manoeuvre that breaks through an enemy's defensive position
- Also calledmarket penetration the proportion of the total number of potential purchasers of a product or service who either are aware of its existence or actually buy it
- another name for depth of field
Other Words From
- nonpen·e·tration noun
- prepen·e·tration noun
- self-pene·tration noun
- transpen·e·tration noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of penetration1
Example Sentences
I joined TechVets and it gave me my first insight into the tools and techniques of penetration testing.
Their spacing wouldn’t be ideal, but that amount of dribble penetration and vision might still be a useful option in certain situations.
The company is also hoping to continue its penetration of the industrial vehicle market — another area where Xin says the Lunewave is beginning to see real traction.
Taobao grew rapidly as Internet penetration in China increased and the nation’s middle class grew.
Beyond its home market, China aims to become a global automotive superpower and considers wider penetration of its own EVs as essential to that objective longer term.
But at midnight the deepest penetration on Omaha was barely more than a mile.
Offense III.b: Sexual Misconduct that includes one or more of the following: penetration, violent physical force, or injury.
The scenes of penetration are obscured with masking or blurring.
But does penetration on camera translate to a realistic portrait of sex and sex addiction?
By 2026, a chart he included noted, we could have “100% autonomous penetration, utopian society.”
He united the virtues of private life to great intelligence, deep penetration, and an elegant taste.
David's penetration crushed him, and, to avoid his glances, he looked downward.
She took him confidentially apart and explained to him that she had been in a condition of “penetration” for about three hours.
The subject of the present consideration is mixture to the point of total penetration of the different bodies.
That some solids do not penetrate other bodies, is due to their possession of qualities incompatible with that of penetration.
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