penetration meaning and definition

PENETRATION noun

Definition of penetration (noun)

1. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
   • synonyms: incursion
2. clear or deep perception of a situation
   • synonyms: insight
3. the act of entering into or through something
   • "the penetration of upper management by women"
4. the ability to make way into or through something
   • "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"
5. the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
6. the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman