penetration

[PenĀ·e*tra`tion]

Penetration refers to entering or making your way through something. It's also a deep insight.

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The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

Noun
the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women"

Noun
the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman

Noun
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

Noun
the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)

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the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"

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Noun
clear or deep perception of a situation


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The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

n.
Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.


Penetration

Pen"e*tra`tion , n. [L. penetratio: cf. F. p'82n'82tration.] 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.
A penetration into the difficulties of algebra.
2. Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration. Walpole. Syn. -- Discernment; sagacity; acuteness; sharpness; discrimination. See Discernment, and Sagacity.

The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

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Usage Examples

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing the risk of penetration of the new intelligence apparatus by the insurgency.

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Other Usage Examples

We have seven pillars of development. India has a cutting edge information technology industry. We are setting up a technology park. We would like to see technology penetration iin education. Besides, we would like to see cooperation in industries like fashion, filmmaking, ship-building, education, health and energy.

The first stage in a technology's advance is that it'll fall below a critical price. After it falls below a critical price, it will tend, if it's successful, to rise above a critical mass, a penetration.

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