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Impenetrable
Pronunciation : Im*pen"e*tra*ble
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. impenetrabilis; pref. im- not + penetrabilis penetrable: cf. F. imp?n?trable.]
Definition : 1. Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield. Highest woods impenetrable To star or sunlight. Milton.
2. (Physics)
Defn: Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
3. Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart. They will be credulous in all affairs of life, but impenetrable by a sermon of the gospel. Jer. Taylor.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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