penetrable
adjective
capable of being penetrated.
penetrability
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a word derived from
penetrable.
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a word derived from
penetrate.
penetrateverb (used with object)to pierce or pass into or through.
Example Sentences
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Rather the source material eschews penetrability and plausibility; Freud’s accounts became so tangled over the years as he avoided admitting error that I fear there’s no untangling them.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2017
Once they are finished, border experts will test the walls for aesthetics, anti-climbing features, resistance to tampering and penetrability with small hand tools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2017
All life, according to Lawsonomy, operates according to the laws of "maneuverability, penetrability, and zigzag-and-swirl."
From Time Magazine Archive
It introduced "zigzag and swirl movement" and the law of penetrability.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now these rays, instead of being straight as they are in homogeneous media, ought to be curved in an atmosphere of unequal penetrability.
From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens
