Look up: penetration

1. Penetration
   [firestop] A penetration, in firestopping, is an opening, such as one created by the use of a cast-in-place sleeve, in a wall or floor assembly required to have a fire-resistance rating, for the purpose of accommodating the passage of a mechanical, electrical or structural penetrant. The pen...
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2. Penetration
   the point at which a pathogen enters a host.
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3. Penetration
   The initial invasion of a host by a pathogen.
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4. penetration
   [n] - clear or deep perception of a situation 2. [n] - the ability to make way into or through something 3. [n] - the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target) 4. [n] - an attack that penetrates into enemy territory 5. [n...
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5. penetration
   The percentage of the population of a service area that have acquired a certain service. As in `mobile telephones have achieved a 70% penetration of the UK market`.
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6. Penetration
   The percentage of people (or homes) within a defined universe that are physically able to be exposed to a medium.
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7. Penetration
   Bleed though. Change of appearance of the face material due to movement of one or more components from the adhesive or the substrate.
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8. penetration
   a successful unauthorised access to an ADP system (1); a deliberate attempt to gain unauthorised access to a data base (2) Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • damage to tire caused by a piercing object not going completely through casing Category: Variou...
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9. Penetration
   A test of bitumen hardness, by releasing a weighted needle into a small prepared potted sample for 5 seconds and measuring how far it sinks in. (35 Pen-Hard, 300 Pen - Soft).
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10. Penetration
    Pen'e·tra`tion noun [ Latin penetratio : confer French pénétration .] 1. The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult. « And to e...
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11. penetration
    The act of piercing or entering deeply. ... Origin: L. Penetratio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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12. penetration
    incursion noun an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
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13. penetration
    noun the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
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14. penetration
    noun clear or deep perception of a situation
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15. Penetration
    • (n.) The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult. • (n.) Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.
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16. penetration
    (from the article `electromagnetic radiation`) The great penetrating power of gamma rays stems from the fact that they have no electric charge and thus do not interact with matter as strongly as ... ...of the actual nuclear charge by the effect of the other electrons in the atom is referred to as the shielding of the nuclear charge. Nex...
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17. penetration
    (L. penetratio) the act of piercing or entering deeply.
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18. Penetration
    In relation to diseases, the initial invasion of a host by a pathogen.
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19. Penetration
    Penetration The ability of a particular radio frequency to pass through non-metallic materials. Low-frequency systems have better penetration than UHF systems.
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20. PENETRATION
    An effect in which a solid object is seen to pass through, or penetrate, another solid object. For example, when the magician links two apparently solid steel rings.
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21. Penetration
    [warfare] Penetration is a term in warfare referring to the breaching of, and moving past, a defensive military line. The term is associated with both ground and aerial combat. ==Ground combat== Penetration is a strategic military maneuver much like the pincer movement with a few differences...
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22. Penetration
    [band] Penetration is a punk rock band from County Durham, England formed in 1976. They re-formed in 2001 with several new members. Their debut single, "Don’t Dictate", is now acknowledged as a classic punk rock single and their debut album, Moving Targets (1978), is still widely admired =...
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23. Penetration
    [telecommunications] In telecommunication, the term penetration has the following meanings: ...
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24. Penetration
    [weaponry] Strictly speaking penetration occurs when a projectile enters a target without passing through it and perforation occurs when the projectile completely passes through the target, but the word penetration is commonly used to refer to either. Penetration into a semi-infinite or mass...
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25. penetration
    
    • clear or deep perception of a situation
    • the act of entering into or through something
    • the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
    
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