Interpenetration

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interpenetration \In`ter*pen`e*tra"tion\, n.
     The act or process of penetrating between or within other
     substances; mutual penetration; also, the result of a process
     of interpenetration. --Milman.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interpenetration
       n 1: the action of penetrating between or among
       2: mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other
          [syn: {permeation}]