EGAVE

interpenetration

About 0.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

intermingling interconnectedness overlap intromission intercoming permeation infiltration interspersion interjacence interabsorption

Often followed by

of and between is with in or that which

Word family

interpenetrate interpenetrated interpenetrates interpenetrating interpenetrations

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