interpenetration

2 definitions found

interpenetration - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

interpenetration - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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