- the act or power of penetrating.
- mental acuteness, discernment, or insight: a scholar of rare penetration.
- the obtaining of a share of a market for some commodity or service.
- the extension, usually peaceful, of the influence of one nation or culture into the affairs of another.
- a military attack that penetrates into enemy territory.
- the depth to which a projectile goes into the target.
- the measure of relative depth of field of a telescope or microscope, especially a binocular microscope.
- the act or an instance of penetrating
- the ability or power to penetrate
- keen insight or perception
- an offensive manoeuvre that breaks through an enemy's defensive position
- the proportion of the total number of potential purchasers of a product or service who either are aware of its existence or actually buy it
- another name for depth of field
