penetration
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See also: pénétration
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English penetracioun, from Old French penetracïon, and its source, Latin penetrātiō, from the participle stem of penetrō (“pierce”, verb). Morphologically penetrate + -ion
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
penetration (countable and uncountable, plural penetrations)
- The act of penetrating something. [from 15th c.]
- Any penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
- Specifically, the insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse. [from 17th c.]
- The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment. [from 17th c.]
- 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter III, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 46:
- […] 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.
- 1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown[1]:
- I have no respect for the penetration of any man who can read the report of that conversation, and still call the principal in it insane.
- The act of progressing or moving forward through or into something.
- 2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[2]:
- Arsenal lacked urgency and penetration in a lazy, lacklustre opening half, sucked in by Forest's strategy of sitting back in blocks of defence waiting to hit them on the counter.
- (blackjack) A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling, in contrast to the total number of cards/decks in play.
- (marketing) The proportion of the target audience who buy or use the specified product or service.
- 1950 March, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railway Electrification in Morocco”, in Railway Magazine, page 214:
- The electrification of the lines radiating from Casablanca originated with the policy of economic penetration and conciliation pursued by Marshal Lyautey for the pacification of Morocco.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of penetrating
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Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
penetration c
Declension[edit]
Declension of penetration | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | penetration | penetrationen | penetrationer | penetrationerna |
Genitive | penetrations | penetrationens | penetrationers | penetrationernas |
Related terms[edit]
- penetrera (“penetrate”)
References[edit]
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