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PENETRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of entering into or through something
Example:
the penetration of upper management by women
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("penetration" is a kind of...):
entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress (the act of entering)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "penetration"):
interpenetration; permeation (mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other)
market penetration (the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("penetration" is a kind of...):
carnal knowledge; coition; coitus; copulation; intercourse; relation; sex act; sexual congress; sexual intercourse; sexual relation (sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur)
Derivation:
penetrate (insert the penis into the vagina or anus of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An attack that penetrates into enemy territory
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("penetration" is a kind of...):
attack; onrush; onset; onslaught ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "penetration"):
interpenetration (the action of penetrating between or among)
breakthrough (a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense)
invasion (the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder)
infiltration (a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection))
foray; maraud; raid (a sudden short attack)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("penetration" is a kind of...):
deepness; depth (the extent downward or backward or inward)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The ability to make way into or through something
Example:
the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("penetration" is a kind of...):
ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)
Derivation:
penetrate (make one's way deeper into or through)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Clear or deep perception of a situation
Synonyms:
insight; penetration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("penetration" is a kind of...):
perception (knowledge gained by perceiving)
Derivation:
penetrate (come to understand)
Context examples:
Liposomal delivery of vinorelbine improves drug penetration into tumors and decreases drug clearance, thereby increasing the duration of therapeutic effects while lowering the toxicity profile.
(Liposomal Vinorelbine, NCI Thesaurus)
Resistance occurs due to decreased bacterial wall penetration.
(Isoniazid, NCI Thesaurus)
The pegylated liposomal delivery of doxorubicin improves drug penetration into tumors and prolongs circulation time, thereby increasing doxorubicin's efficacy and decreasing its toxicity.
(Glutathione Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Formulation 2B3-101, NCI Thesaurus)
Liposomal delivery of doxorubicin HCl improves drug penetration into tumors and decreases drug clearance, thereby increasing the duration of therapeutic drug effects.
(Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
But, as it was, she only learned, from some very significant looks, how far their penetration, founded on Margaret's instructions, extended.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Pegylated liposomal delivery of irinotecan improves drug penetration into tumors and decreases drug clearance, thereby increasing the duration of exposure while lowering systemic toxicity.
(Pegylated Liposomal Irinotecan, NCI Thesaurus)
Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
There was no denying that those brothers had penetration.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Pegylation provides improved drug penetration into tumors and decreases drug clearance, thereby increasing the duration of therapeutic effects while lowering the toxicity profile.
(Pegylated Irinotecan, NCI Thesaurus)
Conjugation with PEG prevents penetration through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and into the central nervous system (CNS), and therefore does not interfere with the analgesic effect of opioids.
(Oral Pegylated Naloxol, NCI Thesaurus)
