Thesaurus: penetration

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1. n. The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.
2. n. Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.
3. n. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
4. n. clear or deep perception of a situation
5. n. the act of entering into or through something
6. n. the ability to make way into or through something
7. n. the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
8. n. the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
9. 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.
10. n:100 n. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory n. clear or deep perception of a situation n. the act of entering into or through something