interpenetration

noun — 2 senses

interpenetration

noun

Etymology From inter- + penetration.

1

The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration.

2

The situation of two or more bodies overlapping in three-dimensional space, with part of the bodies lying within each other.

Related terms
self-intersection

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