penetrability
- noun
- /ˌpɛnəˈtreɪbɪlɪti/
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penetrabilidad
- Thus God's revelation of himself and of what he has decreed is qualified by its supernatural character, credibility, and penetrability by intellectual investigation of its meaning.
Examples
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The increase in the amount of water in fresh mortar increases the mortar's vulnerability against acid attack due to increased penetrability.
Academic text (2018) -
And the debates occasionally moved the boundary or changed its degree of penetrability.
Academic text (2004) -
Susanne Langer speaks of its "extremely refined musculature" which enables us to perceive "form, location, size, weight, penetrability, mobility, and many consequent values."
Academic text (1994) -
The penetrability of the plastic material allowed light to pass through easily.
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Scientists studied the penetrability of different gases to understand their diffusion rates.
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The architect considered the penetrability of various building materials when designing the structure.
Synonyms
22
4.8
The depth that an object goes into another material
3
7.4
How easily liquid or gas passes through a material like soil
How easily water or light can pass through something
How much something goes into and changes another thing
Antonyms
How Penetrable
- Specialized
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7.4
- Specialized
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7.7
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
penetrability = penetrable (transparent) = penetrate + able + ity
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to 'penetrable' (itself 'penetrate' + '-able'), so the meaning is directly derivable.
Etymology
The word penetrability comes from penetrate, a word from Latin meaning 'to go into' or 'enter', and the ending -ability, meaning 'can be done'. So, penetrability describes how easily something can be entered or passed through, for example by people, light, or other materials.