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Webster 1913 Edition
Penetration
Pen′e-traˊtion
,Noun.
[L.
penetratio
: cf. F. pénétration
.] 1.
The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.
And to each in ward part,
With gentle
Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep.
With gentle
penetration
, though unseen,Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep.
Milton.
A
penetration
into the difficulties of algebra. Watts.
2.
Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity;
as, a person of singular
. penetration
Walpole.
Syn. – Discernment; sagacity; acuteness; sharpness; discrimination. See
Discernment
, and Sagacity
. Webster 1828 Edition
Penetration
PENETRA'TION
,Noun.
1.
Mental entrance into any thing abstruse; as a penetration into the abstruse difficulties of algebra.2.
Acuteness; sagacity; as a man of great or nice penetration.Definition 2024
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