impenetrability n 1: the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) [syn: {impenetrability}, {imperviousness}] [ant: {penetrability}, {perviousness}] 2: incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand [syn: {impenetrability}, {impenetrableness}]
Impenetrability \Im*pen`e*tra*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. imp['e]n['e]trabilit['e].] 1. Quality of being impenetrable. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physics) That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space. [1913 Webster] 3. Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness. [1913 Webster]