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penetration


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Penetration  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  penetration 
  n  1:  an  attack  that  penetrates  into  enemy  territory  [syn:  {incursion}] 
  2:  clear  or  deep  perception  of  a  situation  [syn:  {insight}] 
  3:  the  act  of  forcing  a  way  into  or  through  something  "the 
  penetration  of  upper  management  by  women" 
  4:  the  act  (by  a  man)  of  inserting  his  penis  into  the  vagina  of 
  a  woman 




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