interpenetrative
interpenetrative adjective: mutually penetrative (overlapping each other in space).
Adjective
interpenetrative (comparative more interpenetrative, superlative most interpenetrative)
- Mutually penetrative (overlapping each other in space)
- Merging together into a continuous whole.
- The Building of the Sangha The Buddha later gave another sermon to his small, select audience, this time on the five so-called skandhas – form, feeling, conception, dispositions and consciousness – the interpenetrative ways in which we perceive the material world and the world presents itself to us...2005, Jo Durden Smith, The Essence of Buddhism
Forms of interpenetrative
| comparative | more interpenetrative |
|---|---|
| superlative | most interpenetrative |
Origin of interpenetrative
From inter- + penetrative.
Words formed from interpenetrative
Questions about interpenetrative
- What does interpenetrative mean?
- Interpenetrative means mutually penetrative (overlapping each other in space).
- What part of speech is interpenetrative?
- Interpenetrative is an adjective.
Words near interpenetrative in the dictionary
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