- penetration, incursion - an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
--1 is a kind of attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
--1 has particulars:interpenetration; breakthrough; invasion; infiltration; foray, raid, maraud - penetration, insight - clear or deep perception of a situation
--2 is a kind of perception
Derived form: verb penetrate2 - penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women"
--3 is a kind of entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming
--3 has particulars: interpenetration, permeation; market penetration- penetration - the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"
--4 is a kind of ability
Derived form: verb penetrate5 - penetration - the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
--5 is a kind of depth
- penetration - the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
--6 is a kind of sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge
Derived form: verb penetrate6 - penetration - the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"