interpenetrate
verb (used with object)
to penetrate thoroughly; permeate.
interpenetration
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a word derived from
interpenetrate.
Example Sentences
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The blocks’ zone of interpenetration lies beneath the Cascade Range, where intense pressures produce volcanic peaks like St. Helens, Baker and Rainier.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
But this interpenetration is going on also in younger troupes, companies where you’d expect the founding choreographer to be jealous of his stage time.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
Chopin prefers more esoteric, difficult-to-detect techniques of elision and interpenetration — a world of transference, where beginnings and endings merge.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2017
These shades of feeling, and their interpenetration, are conveyed with extraordinary delicacy and care.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2011
The interpenetration in our democratic society is too thorough.
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by William Benjamin Smith
