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Penetrable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Capable of being penetrated: penetrable defenses; a penetrable wall.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced by another body.

Susceptible of moral or intellectual impression.

Penetrating.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. admitting of penetration or passage into or through

adj. capable of being penetrated

Word Usage

"Then a light emanated from the self-subsisting form by the order of God, the splendor of which spread upon the heaven, moving from point to point, and caused the material form (_i.e. _, the inferior, so-called penetrable form) to change its place."

Equivalent

vulnerable

Antonym

impenetrable

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

procurable ascertainable discernable pervious permeable cognizable recognisable navigable fordable passable