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IMPENETRABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand
Synonyms:
impenetrability; impenetrableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("impenetrability" is a kind of...):
incomprehensibility (the quality of being incomprehensible)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
Synonyms:
impenetrability; imperviousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("impenetrability" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Antonym:
penetrability (the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.))
Derivation:
impenetrable (not admitting of penetration or passage into or through)
