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penetration

[pen-i-trey-shuhn]

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noun

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.

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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.

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Origin:
1595–1605; < Late Latin penetrātiōn- (stem of penetrātiō). See penetrate, -ion

Related forms

non·pen·e·tra·tion, noun

pre·pen·e·tra·tion, noun

self-pen·e·tra·tion, noun

trans·pen·e·tra·tion, noun

Synonyms
2. understanding, perception, discrimination, depth, profundity.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Economic globalization has resulted in one-sided penetration of markets.

It's no secret that broadband penetration is expanding worldwide.

He excelled at hagiography and left psychological penetration mostly in the eye of the beholder.

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penetration (ˌpɛnɪˈtreɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act or an instance of penetrating
2.	the ability or power to penetrate
3.	keen insight or perception
4.	military an offensive manoeuvre that breaks through an enemy's defensive position
5.	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
6.	another name for depth of field

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