PENETRANCY Antonyms
Definition of PENETRANCY
Best Opposite Words For PENETRANCY
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barrier | nounn | |||||||
noun • a structure or object that impedes free movement • any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective • anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access | ||||||||
blockage | nounn | |||||||
noun • the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction • an obstruction in a pipe or tube • the act of blocking | ||||||||
hindrance | nounn | |||||||
noun • something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress • any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome • the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | ||||||||
impenetrability | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) • incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand | ||||||||
impermeability | nounn | |||||||
noun • the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid | ||||||||
imperviousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) | ||||||||
obstruction | nounn | |||||||
noun • any structure that makes progress difficult • the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction • something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted • the act of obstructing • getting in someone's way | ||||||||
refusal | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of refusing • a message refusing to accept something that is offered | ||||||||
resistance | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||||
repellence | nounn | |||||||
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