impenetrability
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im·pen·e·tra·bil·i·ty
(ĭm-pĕn′ĭ-trə-bĭl′ĭ-tē)n.
1. The quality or condition of being impenetrable.
2. The inability of two bodies to occupy the same space at the same time.
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im•pen•e•tra•bil•i•ty
(ɪmˌpɛn ɪ trəˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌɪm pɛn-)n.
1. the state or quality of being impenetrable.
2. the property of matter by which two bodies cannot occupy the same space simultaneously.
[1655–65]
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Noun | 1. | impenetrability - the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare penetrability, perviousness - the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) |
2. | impenetrability - incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand incomprehensibility - the quality of being incomprehensible |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
impenetrability
n → Undurchdringlichkeit f; (of fortress) → Uneinnehmbarkeit f; (of enemy lines) → Undurchlässigkeit f; (of mind, character, mystery) → Unergründlichkeit f; (of theory) → Undurchschaubarkeit f, → Undurchsichtigkeit f
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