[syn: impenetrability, impenetrableness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impenetrability \Im*pen`e*tra*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
imp['e]n['e]trabilit['e].]
1. Quality of being impenetrable.
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2. (Physics) That property in virtue of which two portions of
matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of
space.
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3. Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression;
obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
impenetrability
n 1: the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or
missiles etc.) [syn: impenetrability, imperviousness]
[ant: penetrability, perviousness]
2: incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to
understand [syn: impenetrability, impenetrableness]