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penetrability
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun penetrability has 1 sense
- penetrability(n = noun.attribute) perviousness - the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.); Array is a kind of quality
Antonym: impenetrability
Derived forms adjective penetrable1, adjective penetrable2
CIDE DICTIONARY
penetrability, n. [Cf. F. pénétrabilité.].
The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Cheyne. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
penetrability
Softness
N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.
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