penetration
the act or power of penetrating.
mental acuteness, discernment, or insight: a scholar of rare penetration.
the obtaining of a share of a market for some commodity or service.
the extension, usually peaceful, of the influence of one nation or culture into the affairs of another.
a military attack that penetrates into enemy territory.
Gunnery. the depth to which a projectile goes into the target.
the measure of relative depth of field of a telescope or microscope, especially a binocular microscope.
Origin of penetration
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Other words from penetration
- non·pen·e·tra·tion, noun
- pre·pen·e·tra·tion, noun
- self-pen·e·tra·tion, noun
- trans·pen·e·tra·tion, noun
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How to use penetration in a sentence
I joined TechVets and it gave me my first insight into the tools and techniques of penetration testing.
Two key UK military nonprofits join forces to boost veteran training in cyber and tech | Mike Butcher | December 3, 2020 | TechCrunchTheir spacing wouldn’t be ideal, but that amount of dribble penetration and vision might still be a useful option in certain situations.
The company is also hoping to continue its penetration of the industrial vehicle market — another area where Xin says the Lunewave is beginning to see real traction.
Approaching commercialization for its autonomous radar nav system, Lunewave raises $7 million | Jonathan Shieber | November 23, 2020 | TechCrunchTaobao grew rapidly as Internet penetration in China increased and the nation’s middle class grew.
Jack Ma is the poster child of Chinese tech. Why is Beijing reining him in—again? | Naomi Xu Elegant | November 7, 2020 | FortuneBeyond its home market, China aims to become a global automotive superpower and considers wider penetration of its own EVs as essential to that objective longer term.
The electric car market is buzzing with Europe and China taking the lead | Bernhard Warner | October 13, 2020 | Fortune
But at midnight the deepest penetration on Omaha was barely more than a mile.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day | James Jones | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOffense III.b: Sexual Misconduct that includes one or more of the following: penetration, violent physical force, or injury.
The scenes of penetration are obscured with masking or blurring.
Japan’s Desperate Housewives Opting for Adulterous Online Dating | Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut does penetration on camera translate to a realistic portrait of sex and sex addiction?
A Sex Addiction Expert Diagnoses Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac’ | Lizzie Crocker | March 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy 2026, a chart he included noted, we could have “100% autonomous penetration, utopian society.”
He united the virtues of private life to great intelligence, deep penetration, and an elegant taste.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellDavid's penetration crushed him, and, to avoid his glances, he looked downward.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueShe took him confidentially apart and explained to him that she had been in a condition of “penetration” for about three hours.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteThe subject of the present consideration is mixture to the point of total penetration of the different bodies.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)That some solids do not penetrate other bodies, is due to their possession of qualities incompatible with that of penetration.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
British Dictionary definitions for penetration
/ (ˌpɛnɪˈtreɪʃən) /
the act or an instance of penetrating
the ability or power to penetrate
keen insight or perception
military an offensive manoeuvre that breaks through an enemy's defensive position
Also called: market penetration the proportion of the total number of potential purchasers of a product or service who either are aware of its existence or actually buy it
another name for depth of field
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