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Interpenetration

noun

The action of penetrating between or among.

Mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other. Synonym: permeation.

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Etymology of 'Interpenetration'

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"Interpenetration" Quotes from Famous Books

... has been said above is at all correct, it would seem as if the walls separating various minds one from another all of a sudden are opened wide, and by a partial interpenetration of one mind by the other the several minds join together to produce by mutual determination automatic action. And it is in these special psychical states that "supernormal" phenomena, viz., psychography, ...

— Lola - The Thought and Speech of Animals • Henny Kindermann

... reports, and the discreet observations of polite travelers, racial prejudice did not disturb international relations. With the extension of international commerce, the increase of immigration, and the interpenetration of peoples, the scene changes. The railway, the steamship, and the telegraph are rapidly mobilizing the peoples of the earth. The nations are coming out of their isolation, and distances which separated the different races are rapidly giving way before ...

— Introduction to the Science of Sociology • Robert E. Park

Words linked to "Interpenetration" : incursion, penetration, permeation, interpenetrate