PENETRABILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penetrability mean? 

• PENETRABILITY (noun)
  The noun PENETRABILITY has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)

  Familiarity information: PENETRABILITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENETRABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

penetrability; perviousness

Hypernyms ("penetrability" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Antonym:

impenetrability (the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.))

Derivation:

penetrable (admitting of penetration or passage into or through)

penetrable (capable of being penetrated)

 Context examples 

The progestin effect on the cervical mucus also reduces the penetrability of sperm.

(Intrauterine device, NCI Thesaurus)

An emission of positively charged particles composed of two protons and two neutrons, i.e., helium nuclei, emitted during disintegration of very heavy isotopes; a beam of alpha particles or an alpha ray has very strong ionizing power, but weak penetrability.

(Alpha Radiation, NCI Thesaurus)