Penetration

n. passing into, piercing, permeation; understanding; comprehension

Penetration can refer to:Sexual penetrationMarket penetration, the degree to which a product or service is known and/or usedPenetration (telecommunications)Penetration (firestop), an opening in a wall or floor assembly required to have a fire-resistance rating, for the purpose of accommodating the passage of a mechanical, electrical, or structural penetrantPenetration (warfare)Penetration (weapons), the ability to pierce the target's armor or other protectionIn magic, an illusion in which one object appears to pass through anotherIn basketball, the ability of a player to drive through the opposing defense
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Noun
1. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
(synonym) incursion
(hypernym) attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
(hyponym) interpenetration
2. clear or deep perception of a situation
(synonym) insight
(hypernym) perception
(derivation) penetrate, fathom, bottom
3. the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women"
(hypernym) entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming
(hyponym) interpenetration, permeation
4. the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"
(hypernym) ability
(derivation) penetrate
5. the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
(hypernym) depth
6. the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
(hypernym) sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge
(derivation) penetrate

n. penetration, passing into, piercing, permeation

n. penetration, percolation, permeation, invasion