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/pˌɛnətrˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Penetration n.

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 penetration, though unseen, Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep." "A penetration into the difficulties of algebra."

Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.

Synonyms: Discernment; sagacity; acuteness; sharpness; discrimination. See Discernment, and Sagacity.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Penetration" Quotes from Famous Books

... was simple and unexpected; so was the comment of a sister a very little older. "Why does he call those flowers summersets?" their mother said; and the girl, with a darkly brilliant look of humour and penetration, answered, "because they are so big." There seemed to be no further question possible after an explanation that was presented thus ...

— The Children • Alice Meynell

... You have sufficient penetration to realize, Colonel, that, after the scene which took place today between you and my friend, Oldendorf as a man of honor could neither write such an article nor allow it ...

— The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 • Various

... The subtle penetration which had long since led her to the discovery of his secret—overpowered, thus far, by the absorbing interest of the moment—now recovered its activity. In an instant, she remembered that Alban's motive for cautioning her, in her coming intercourse with ...

— I Say No • Wilkie Collins

... taught the creators of this time to know what classicism really is, that it is the outline of all things that endure. They have both shown that it is not idiosyncrasy alone which creates originality, that idiosyncrasy is but the husk of personal penetration, that it is in no way the constituent essential for genius. For genius is nothing but the name for higher perception, the greater degree of understanding. Cezanne's fine landscapes and still-lifes, and Whitman's majestic line with its gripping imagery are one and the same ...

— Adventures in the Arts - Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets • Marsden Hartley

... be cultivated. Saw a tree on fire here, and several other vestiges of the natives. To comprehend the reasons which induce an Indian to perform many of the offices of life is difficult; to pronounce that which could lead him to wander amidst these dreary wilds baffles penetration. About two o'clock we reached the head of the creek, passed it and scrambled with infinite toil and difficulty to the top of a neighbouring mountain, whence we saw the adjacent country in almost every direction, for many miles. I record with ...

— A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson • Watkin Tench

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