Penetration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Penetration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Penetration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penetration n an attack that penetrates into enemy territory [syn: penetration, incursion] clear or deep perception of a situation Synonym(s): penetration, insight the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries" the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target) the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Penetration \Pen"etra`tion\, n. [L. penetratio: cf. F. p[82]n[82]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}.