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Webster 1913 Edition

Penetrancy

{

Pen′e-trance

,

Pen′e-tran-cy

, }

Noun.

The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power or quality;

as, the

penetrancy

of subtile effluvia

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Penetrancy

PEN'ETRANCY

,

Noun.

[L. penetrans.] Power of entering or piercing; as the penetrancy of subtil effluvia.