Hypertext Webster Gateway: "penetration"
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) 1.7 (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 entering 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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