interpenetration

See also: interpénétration

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ penetration.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

interpenetration (countable and uncountable, plural interpenetrations)

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

Translations

mutual penetration

• Belarusian: узаемапранікне́нне n (uzajemapraniknjénnje)
• Polish: wzajemne przenikanie n
• Russian: взаимопроникнове́ние (ru) n (vzaimoproniknovénije)
• Ukrainian: взаємопрони́кнення n (vzajemopronýknennja)

See also

• self-intersection