interpenetration

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration.
2. (countable, uncountable) The situation of two or more bodies overlapping in three-dimensional space, with part of the bodies lying within each other.

Synonyms

permeation

infiltration

insertion

penetration

transmission

intermediacy

Translations

interpénétration

compenetrazione

αλληλοδιείσδυση

αλληλοεισχώρηση

osmose

التداخل

vervlechting

gegenseitige Durchdringung

Interpenetration

Etymology

From inter- + penetration.