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Meaning of IMPENETRABILITY

Pronunciation:  im`penitru'bilitee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand
  2. [n]  resistance to penetration by a liquid
 
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 Synonyms: impenetrableness, imperviousness
 
 Antonyms: penetrability, perviousness
 
 See Also: impermeability, impermeableness, incomprehensibility

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Im*pen`e*tra*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
imp['e]n['e]trabilit['e].]
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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