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P0163100 (pĕn′ĭ-trā′shən)n.1. The act or process of piercing or penetrating something, especially:a. The act of entering a country or organization so as to establish influence or gain information.b. An attack that penetrates enemy territory or a military front.c. Insertion of the penis into the vagina or anus.2. The power or ability to penetrate.3. The depth reached by a projectile after hitting its target.4. a. The degree to which a commodity, for example, is sold or recognized in a particular market.b. The extent of influence that one culture or nation has on another.5. The capacity or action of understanding; insight.

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(ˌpɛnɪˈtreɪʃən) n1. the act or an instance of penetrating2. the ability or power to penetrate3. keen insight or perception4. (Military) military an offensive manoeuvre that breaks through an enemy's defensive position5. (Commerce) Also called: market penetration the proportion of the total number of potential purchasers of a product or service who either are aware of its existence or actually buy it6. (Photography) another name for depth of field

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(ˌpɛn ɪˈtreɪ ʃən)

n. 1. the act or power of penetrating. 2. mental acuteness; discernment. 3. the obtaining of a share of a market for some commodity or service. 4. the extension of influence into the affairs of another nation. 5. a military attack that penetrates into enemy territory. 6. the depth to which a projectile goes into the target. [1595–1605; < Late Latin penetrātiō. See penetrate, -tion]

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In land operations, a form of offensive which seeks to break through the enemy's defense and disrupt the defensive system.

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Noun	1.	penetration - an attack that penetrates into enemy territoryincursionattack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"interpenetration - the action of penetrating between or amongbreakthrough - a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defenseinvasion - the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunderinfiltration - a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)foray, maraud, raid - a sudden short attack
	2.	penetration - clear or deep perception of a situationinsightperception - knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"
	3.	penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women"incoming, ingress, entering, entrance, entry - the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"interpenetration, permeation - mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the othermarket penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market
	4.	penetration - the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"ability - the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
	5.	penetration - the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)depth, deepness - the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
	6.	penetration - the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a womancarnal knowledge, coition, coitus, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, copulation, intercourse, relation, congress - the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

penetration

noun1. piercing, entry, entrance, invasion, puncturing, incision, perforation the penetration of eggs by more than one sperm2. pervasion, spreading, soaking, diffusion, infiltration, seepage the penetration of the ointment into the skin3. entry, entrance, inroad US penetration of Japanese markets

penetration

noun1. Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging:acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, eye, keenness, nose, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness, wit.2. The power to discern the true nature of a person or situation:insight, instinct, intuition, intuitiveness, sixth sense.

Translations

敏锐穿透

penetrate

(ˈpenitreit) verb to move, go or make a way into, past, or through (something). The bullet penetrated his shoulder; Their minds could not penetrate the mystery. 进入，穿过 ˈpenetrating adjective1. (of a voice, sound etc) loud and clear; easily heard. a penetrating voice. （声音等）响亮的 2. (of a glance, stare etc) hard and searching, as if trying, or able, to see into a person's mind. a penetrating glance. （目光等）敏锐的 ˈpenetratingly adverb敏锐地ˌpeneˈtration noun 穿透，敏锐

penetration

1. Marketing the proportion of the total number of potential purchasers of a product or service who either are aware of its existence or actually buy it 2. another name for depth of field

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[‚pen·ə′trā·shən] (aerospace engineering) That phase of the letdown from high altitude to a specified approach altitude. (metallurgy) The distance from the original surface of the base metal to that point at which weld fusion ends. A surface defect on a casting caused by molten metal filling voids in the sand mold. (ordnance) Distance to which a projectile sinks into a target.

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1. The intersection of two vaulting surfaces. 2. The consistency of a bituminous material expressed as the distance (in hundredths of a centimeter) that a standard needle vertically penetrates a sample of the material under known conditions of loading, time, and temperature. Unless otherwise specified, the load, time, and temperature are understood to be 100 g, 5 sec, and 25°C (77°F), respectively.

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i. That portion of a published high-altitude instrument approach procedure that prescribes a descent path from the fix on which the procedure is based to a fix or an altitude from which an approach to the airport is made.
ii. A flight into hostile airspace as in to penetrate enemy air defense. Also, the depth to which something penetrates, as in “When the Allied bombers increased their penetration into Germany.”
iii. The term also refers to weather penetration, which implies a flight deep into a cloud with vertical development or into the eye of a tropical revolving storm, as in “the aircraft penetrated the cumulonimbus clouds and came out unscathed.”

penetration

The successful unauthorized breach of a security perimeter. See penetration test.

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noun piercing

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noun pervasion

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noun entry

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noun skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging

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noun the power to discern the true nature of a person or situation

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noun an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

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noun clear or deep perception of a situation

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noun the act of entering into or through something

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noun the ability to make way into or through something

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noun the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)

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noun the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman

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