Penetration

Noun

 * 1) The act of penetrating something.
 * Any penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
 * 1) Specifically, the insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
 * 2) The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
 * 3) *1817,, Rob Roy, XVI:
 * my observations of her looks and actions became acutely sharpened, and that to a degree which, notwithstanding my efforts to conceal it, could not escape her penetration.

Derived terms

 * double penetration
 * interpenetration

Adjectives for Penetration
profound; calm; accurate; usual; subtle; intuitive; bland; noiseless; perfect; uncanny; characteristic; instinctive; partial; infallible; tender; masterly; sympathetic.

Verbs for Penetration
attempt—; block—; escape—; evade—; force—; induce—;  pretend—;   resist—; unite by—; wonder at—; —awes; —discerns; —discriminates; —gores; —shoots; —uncovers; —yawns.

Thesaurus
access, acuity, acumen, acupunctuation, acupuncture, acuteness, admission, apperception, astuteness, bore, boring, broach, cleverness, cogency, critical discernment, decoction, diffusion, discernment, discrimination, drill hole, embedment, empiercement, entrance, entree, entry, farseeingness, farsightedness, fixing, flair, foresight, foresightedness, goring, graft, grafting, imbuement, impaction, impactment, impalement, implantation, import, importation, importing, impregnation, incision, incisiveness, income, incoming, infiltration, infixion, infusion, ingoing, ingress, ingression, injection, inoculation, input, inroad, insertion, insight, insinuation, instillation, instillment, intake, intelligence, interjection, interpenetration, interpolation, introduction, introgression, intromission, intrusion, judgment, keenness, lancing, leakage, longheadedness, longsightedness, marination, overrunning, overspreading, overswarming, penetrating, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, percolation, perforation, perfusion, permeation, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuousness, pervasion, piercing, pricking, providence, punching, puncture, puncturing, quick-wittedness, reception, sagaciousness, sagacity, saturation, seepage, sensibility, sensitivity, sentience, shrewdness, skewering, soaking, steeping, suffusion, terebration, tessellation, transfixation, transfixion, transforation, transfusion, transplant, transplantation, trenchancy, trepanning, trephining, understanding, wit

Etymology
From pénétration:, and its source,  penetratio:, from the participle stem of penetro:.

Translations

 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: läpäisy, lävistys
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: behatolás


 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese: penetracão
 * Russian:, проникновение
 * Spanish: