interpenetration

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interpenetration Meaning of "interpenetration"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) the action of penetrating between or among
  2. (n) mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other

Usage(s):

  1. This interpenetration, Teilhard believed, would unite even those men with apparently implacable hostilities.
  2. He describes this setting nostalgicallythe leafy interpenetration of country and town, the sense of neighborhoods, the wide lawns, iron stags and idiosyncratic architecture.
  3. The secret of its beauty lies in a perfect balancing and interpenetration of naturalism and formalism, serenity and tension.
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