noun
- the quality or state of being impossible to penetrate or pass through
- the quality of being impossible to understand or comprehend
Usage: commonly used in physics and philosophy
Examples
- The impenetrability of the fortress walls made it nearly impossible for invaders to breach.
- The dense fog created an impenetrability that made it hard to see more than a few feet ahead.
- The impenetrability of the ancient text frustrated scholars for centuries.
- Modern armor is designed with impenetrability in mind to protect soldiers.
- The impenetrability of her expression left everyone guessing about her true feelings.
- In physics, impenetrability refers to the property that two objects cannot occupy the same space.