INTERPENETRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interpenetration mean? 

• INTERPENETRATION (noun)
  The noun INTERPENETRATION has 2 senses:

1. the action of penetrating between or among

2. mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other

  Familiarity information: INTERPENETRATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERPENETRATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The action of penetrating between or among

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

incursion; penetration (an attack that penetrates into enemy territory)

Derivation:

interpenetrate (penetrate mutually or be interlocked)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

interpenetration; permeation

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

penetration (the act of entering into or through something)

Derivation:

interpenetrate (spread or diffuse through)