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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PENETRA'TION, n. The act of entering a body.
1. Mental entrance into any thing abstruse; as a penetration into the abstruse difficulties of algebra.
2. Acuteness; sagacity; as a man of great or nice penetration.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1605 1. a. the power to penetrate; especially the ability to discern deeply and acutely b. the depth to which something penetrates c. the extent to which a commercial product or agency is familiar or sells in a market 2. the act or process of penetrating: as a. the act of entering a country so that actual establishment of influence is accomplished b. an attack that penetrates the enemy's front or territory Synonyms: see discernment

U.S. Military Dictionary

(*) In land operations, a form of offensive which seeks to break through the enemy's defense and disrupt the defensive system.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see penetrate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Penetrating. 2. Insight. 3. Acuteness, discernment, sagacity, sagaciousness, shrewdness, astuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, insight, discrimination, acumen.

Moby Thesaurus

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