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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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