IMPENETRABILITY

impenetrability, impenetrableness

(noun) incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand

impenetrability, imperviousness

(noun) the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

impenetrability (countable and uncountable, plural impenetrabilities)

The characteristic of being impenetrable; invulnerability.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pen`e*tra*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impénétrabilité.]

1. Quality of being impenetrable.

2. (Physics)

Definition: That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space.

3. Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.

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