penetrable

Definition

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

Etymology

From Middle English penetrable, penytrable, from Old French penetrable, from Medieval Latin penetrābilis.

Example Sentences

• "On the east the high mountain-chain of Zagros, penetrable only in one or two places, forms a barrier of the most marked character, and is beyond a doubt the natural limit for which we are looking."
• "A Boer may know you, but it will take you some time to know him, and when a certain stage in your acquaintance is reached, you may begin to wonder whether his real nature is penetrable at all."
• "A capacity is cognitively penetrable in this sense if that capacity is affected by the subject's knowledge or ignorance of the domain."