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English Dictionary: impenetrability by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impenetrability
n
  1. the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
    Synonym(s): impenetrability, imperviousness
    Antonym(s): penetrability, perviousness
  2. incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand
    Synonym(s): impenetrability, impenetrableness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Impenetrability \Im*pen`e*tra*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
      imp[82]n[82]trabilit[82].]
      1. Quality of being impenetrable.
  
      2. (Physics) That property in virtue of which two portions of
            matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of
            space.
  
      3. Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression;
            obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.
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