Definition for IM-PEN-E-TRA-BIL'I-TY

IM-PEN-E-TRA-BIL'I-TY, n. [from impenetrable.]

  1. The quality of being impenetrable.
  2. In philosophy, that quality of matter which prevents two bodies from occupying the same space at the same time. Good.
  3. Insusceptibility of intellectual impression. Johnson.

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