Meaning of penetration in English

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Noun
penetration
Etymology
late Middle English: from Latin penetratio(n-), from the verb penetrare‘place within or enter’
Definitions
1. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
2. clear or deep perception of a situation
Derived terms
3. the act of entering into or through something
Examples
- « the penetration of upper management by women »
4. the ability to make way into or through something
Examples
- « the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries »
Derived terms
- penetrate
5. the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
6. the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
Derived terms
- penetrate

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