penetration

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  1. noun The act or process of piercing or penetrating something, especially:
  2. noun The act of entering a country or organization so as to establish influence or gain information.
  3. noun An attack that penetrates enemy territory or a military front.
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  • Police arrested Armando Medina of Hollister on suspicion of two felony charges of unwillful sexual penetration, which is under section 289 (d) of the California Penal Code, according to the press release.
  • If you are looking to maximize your market penetration, which is the beauty of the world wide web, you will have to pay a premium for an address that universally achieves that goal. —  Comments for Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid
  • Today, cell phone "penetration" -- to use the industry term -- has surpassed 80 percent. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Much growth will of course come from increasing PC penetration, which is still less than 5\% currently.
  • But he had little in common with the romantic school, except a love for Shakespeare, a certain feeling for local colour, and an interest in the study of passion; the effusion and exaltation of romance repelled him; he laboured to be "dry," and often succeeded to perfection His analytical study De l'Amour_, resting on a sensual basis, has all the depth and penetration which is possible to a shallow philosophy. —  A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.
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  1. = French pénétration =Provencal penetratio = Spanish penetracion =Portuguese penetração = Italian penetrazione, from Late Latin penetratio (n-), a penetrating or piercing, from Latin penetrare, penetrate, pierce: see penetrate.
 

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