Category:Penetration

Pen"e*tra`tion, n. Etym: [l. penetratio: cf. F. pénétration.]

1. The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, The act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything Difficult. And to each in ward part, with gentle penetration, though unseen, Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep. Milton. A penetration into the difficulties of algebra. Watts.

2. Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of Singular penetration. Walpole.

Syn. -- discernment; sagacity; acuteness; sharpness; discrimination. See Discernment, and sagacity.