Synonyms for penetrable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pen-i-truh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ɪ trə bəl


Définition of penetrable

Origin :
  • early 15c., "penetrating," from Latin penetrabilis "penetrable, vulnerable," from penetrare (see penetrate). Meaning "capable of being penetrated" is attested from 1530s; figurative use by 1590s. Related: Penetrability.
  • adj permeable
Example sentences :
  • Callum, flint to other considerations, was penetrable to superstition.
  • Extract from : « Waverley » by Sir Walter Scott
  • Actually, he had placed his soldiers in a most penetrable trap.
  • Extract from : « Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia » by Dorothy M. Torpey
  • The one penetrable point in his ironclad nature had not been reached yet.
  • Extract from : « Heart and Science » by Wilkie Collins
  • If it is nothing, nothing can have no quality; yet you tell me that it is penetrable and immense.
  • Extract from : « A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 6 (of 10) » by Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
  • The lady had seen much of foreign life—had travelled in every penetrable country, and her wealth seemed as great as her beauty.
  • Extract from : « Fashion and Famine » by Ann S. Stephens
  • The skin is, in some parts, so thick and hard as scarcely to be penetrable by the sharpest sabre, or even by a musket-ball.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Curiosities » by I. Platts
  • The thoughtless objection about the only penetrable points is, I hope, swept aside forever.
  • Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre
  • But this is not how you understand the matter: you mean accessible to the sting, in a word, penetrable.
  • Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre
  • Before calcination it is of a grey colour, is not penetrable by water, and takes a polish.
  • Extract from : « Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) » by James Hutton
  • The penetrable gloom there, and the growing apprehension concerning the countess and Nevil, tore her to pieces.
  • Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

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