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What is the adjective for penetrability?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb penetrate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

penetrative
  1. Of, pertaining to, or involving penetration
  2. Having the ability to penetrate
  3. (figuratively) Displaying insight or discrimination; acute
  4. Synonyms:
      5. penetrant, piercing, penetrating, permeating, infiltratory, pervasive, puncturing, infiltrating, perceptive, discerning, keen, acute, sharp, insightful, intelligent, astute, quick, shrewd, smart, perspicacious, sharp-witted, whip-smart, clever, quick-witted, incisive, sensitive, percipient, alert, knowing, savvy, wise, brainy, observant, discriminating, bright, ready, subtle, nimble, brilliant, critical, canny, profound, intuitive, fast, genius, exceptional, cute, sagacious … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “His penetrative gaze pierced through her soul, leaving her feeling exposed and vulnerable.”
      “While discussing complex philosophical concepts, his penetrative insights left the entire room in awe of his profound intellectual abilities.”
      “When taken up by obstacles, beta particles produce a more penetrative secondary radiation known as bremsstrahlung.”
penetrating
  1. able to pierce or penetrate
  2. demonstrating acute or keen understanding
  3. Synonyms:
      4. penetrative, penetrant, piercing, puncturing, infiltrating, permeating, infiltratory, pervasive, sharp, honed, keen, sharpened, whetted, cutting, edged, razor-sharp, serrated, sharp-edged, jagged, pointed, pointy, razor-edged, tipped, acute, peaked, trenchant, stropped, ground, spired, edgy, knife-like, knife-edged, knifelike, briery, keen-edged, spiked, needlelike, unblunted, pronged, cuspate, splintery, prickly, needle-pointed, horned, tined, acuate, razor, thorny, spiny, cuspidate … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “He examined the potato sack through which the penetrating sword had been guided.”
      “They were forced to feel the might of his heavy hand and also the edge of his penetrating sword.”
      “Jesse recognized it right away as the deep, penetrating voice of his long-since-dead grandfather, Edward.”
penetrant
  1. That penetrates.
  2. Piercing.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. penetrative, piercing, penetrating, permeating, infiltratory, pervasive, puncturing, infiltrating
penetrable
  1. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. porous, pervious, permeable, passable, cellular, holey, leaky, open, pierceable, honeycombed, sieve-like, porose, semipermeable, percolative, leachy, cavernulous, poriferous, pory, foraminous, dripping, drippy, leaking, not watertight, breathable, punctured, torn, worn, perforated, comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable, clear, graspable, accessible, easy to understand, coherent, apprehensible, comprehendible, scrutable, plain, legible, digestible, lucid, logical, straightforward, simple, conceivable, knowable, user friendly … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The particles of radium act like small closed surfaces scattered through an otherwise perfectly penetrable sieve.”
      “The result can be criticism that is less penetrable than the work it addresses.”
      “The outer membrane, as in a cell, is penetrable, filled with light, transparent, and attracting public view.”
penetrated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of penetrate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. made, got into, progressed to, got in, moved into, went into, entered, accessed, gained access to, got on to, pierced, slipped into, set foot in, invaded, passed into, infiltrated, breached, made way into, gained entry, gotten into, encroached, trespassed, intruded, barged in, sneaked in to, burst into, sneaked into, hacked into, bursted in, busted in, rushed in, passed in, moved in, gone in, went in, gotten in, opened, probed, overrun, introduced onself into, made an entrance, butted in, come into, insinuated oneself into, worked in, stormed in, wormed in, gone into, infringed on, gained admittance into … more
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