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Definition of Penetrating

1. Adjective. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. "Frequent penetrative observations"

2. Adjective. Tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing. "A penetrating odor"

Definition of Penetrating

1. a. Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.

Definition of Penetrating

1. Adjective. able to pierce or penetrate ¹

2. Adjective. demonstrating acute or keen understanding ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of penetrate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Penetrating

1. penetrate [v] - See also: penetrate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Penetrating

penetralia penetralium penetrameter penetrameters penetrance penetrances penetrant penetrant trait penetrants penetrated

penetratees penetrates penetratest penetrating (current term) penetrating injury penetrating keratoplasty penetrating trauma penetrating ulcer penetrating wound penetratingly

penetratingness penetration bomb penetration test penetration tests penetrations penetrative

Literary usage of Penetrating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"penetrating GUNSHOT WOUNDS OF THE ABDOMEN.1 BY ROBERT G. LE CONTE, MD, OF PHILADELPHIA. GENTLEMEN : I have the opportunity of showing you this morning a ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"Experiments on penetrating Radiation. By HL COOKE, 1851 Exhibition Scholar of McGill University: Emmanuel College. [Received May 1905. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... penetrating the ordinary matter; but whatever the true agencies may be, they at least simulate attraction or some physical tie between ordinary matter ..."

4. The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes by George H. Dadd (1856)
"For puncture of joints, see Open Joint, penetrating WOUNDS Arc inflicted by the ... A penetrating wound of the walls of the abdomen is generally followed by ..."

5. A System of surgery: Theoretical and Practical by Timothy Holmes (1870)
"Lastly, with regard to these non-penetrating wounds, we may occasionally expect to meet ... penetrating wounds.—When we examine statistically the results of ..."

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