interpenetration
IPA: ɪntɝpɛnʌtrˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration.
- The situation of two or more bodies overlapping in three-dimensional space, with part of the bodies lying within each other.
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Examples of "interpenetration" in Sentences
- The interpenetration of the visible, actual, tangible world and invisible worlds — the realm of the artist.
- Characterizations of these experiences might employ such metaphors as "interpenetration" of subject and object, or
- Trinity, we understand that true openness does not mean loss of individual identity but profound interpenetration.
- Here's a useful quote from Karin Costelloe in reference to Bergson's theories of "interpenetration", a process whereby
- I echo that sentiment - could you also share with us any specifics of the rules that cover the manoeuvre - I'm thinking especially of "interpenetration"...
- No question the world became much more complicated when the internal system that developed in the United States became exposed to competition and interpenetration with Europe and Japan and more recently, China.
- This mutual interpenetration, like the co-dependence of observation and revelation, lies at the heart of the tremendous flowering of shan-shui in the Northern and Southern Song, and those later periods in which it was so celebrated.
- Instead of signifying being shut up within one's own private feelings and sensations, it signifies active and alert commerce with the world; at its height it signifies complete interpenetration of self and the world of objects and events.
- In fact chivalry has been defined as the interpenetration of Christianity into the practice of arms: the chivalrous knight of the Middle Ages was not only a brave and skilful fighter, ready whenever occasion arose to reveal his prowess on the field of battle, but also he stood for utter chastity, for a high standard of honor, for the protection of the defenseless and the weak, and for mercy and humanity to a vanquished foe.
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