penetrability

Example Sentences

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Rather the source material eschews penetrability and plausibility; Freud’s accounts became so tangled over the years as he avoided admitting error that I fear there’s no untangling them.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2017

Once they are finished, border experts will test the walls for aesthetics, anti-climbing features, resistance to tampering and penetrability with small hand tools.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2017

It introduced "zigzag and swirl movement" and the law of penetrability.

From Time Magazine Archive

All life, according to Lawsonomy, operates according to the laws of "maneuverability, penetrability, and zigzag-and-swirl."

From Time Magazine Archive

But, if penetrability is to mean identity, the theory that souls are penetrable seems to me mainly unintelligible.

From Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge by Rashdall, Hastings