IMPENETRABLE
\ɪmpˈɛnɪtɹəbə͡l], \ɪmpˈɛnɪtɹəbəl], \ɪ_m_p_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_t_ɹ_ə_b_əl]\
Definitions of IMPENETRABLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
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not admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "an impenetrable fortress"; "impenetrable rain forests"
By Princeton University
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permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
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not admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "an impenetrable fortress"; "impenetrable rain forests"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
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Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart.
By Oddity Software
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Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
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Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart.
By Noah Webster.
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Not to be entered or pierced; not admitting entrance; not capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an impenetrable mystery; not touched by reason, sympathy, etc.; as, an impenetrable heart; having the property of matter according to which no two bodies can occupy the same space at the same time.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Incapable of being pierced: preventing another body from occupying the same space at the same time: not to be impressed in mind or heart.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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