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penetrability|ˌpɛnɪtrəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. penetrable: see -ity. Prob. ad. mod.L. *penetrābilitās; cf. F. pénétrabilité (Huygens 1690, in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The quality of being penetrable.
†1. Capacity of penetrating; penetrativeness.
1609Bible (Douay) 1 Kings Comm., The foure dowries of glorified bodies .. Impassibilitie .. Agilitie and Penetrabilitie. 1659H. More Immort. Soul i. ii. §11 The Immediate Properties of a Spirit or Immateriall Substance are Penetrability and Indiscerpibility. 1687― Answ. Psychop. (1689) 122 Now for the Penetrability of Spirits, it is evident..that they can wholly penetrate one another.
2. Capability of being penetrated; spec. in Nat. Philos. The (conceived) capacity of simultaneously occupying the same space as something else (cf. penetration 1 b, impenetrability 2).
a1648Digby Closet Open. (1677) 161 According to the thickness and firmness of the piece [of meat] and penetrability of it. 1777Priestley Matt. & Spir. (1782) I. iii. 33 Impenetrability being as much a property as penetrability. 1875Lewes Probl. Life & Mind II. iv. §46. 282 All the facts which seem to prove penetrability only prove that the particles are mobile and separable, not that the particles themselves are penetrable. |