Boyle chose absolute impenetrability as that property. From Wordnik.com. [Atomism from the 17th to the 20th Century] Reference
His impenetrability had been smiling ever since the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
I, on the outspoken head of St John's, and the impenetrability of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Is not our faith in the impenetrability of matter more sedative than narcotics?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
Or was this another case of power/money/fame's wretched song of impenetrability?. From Wordnik.com. [Tales Of Celebrity Babylon] Reference
That was what he had become, a blind white crab side winding in impenetrability. From Wordnik.com. [The Distant Echo]
Like kids who think parents know all, we had blind faith in the impenetrability of our country. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of Irony] Reference
Informational encapsulation is related to what Pylyshyn (1984) calls cognitive impenetrability. From Wordnik.com. [Modularity of Mind] Reference
“By anyone,” said Doctor Bryerly, with a natural impenetrability that excited my admiration. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
With Obama's shield of impenetrability beginning to weaken, Bloomberg's hopes are reviving again. From Wordnik.com. [Mario Almonte: Drowsy New York City Mayoral Campaign Hides Sleeping Giant of Ambition] Reference
Hill sat looking at Hiram, who, with all his impenetrability wore a surprised and puzzled expression. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
And, indeed, the more I lay and smoked and thought, the more evident became the wisdom of impenetrability. From Wordnik.com. [First Men in the Moon] Reference
He prided himself on his impenetrability before Dona Rita; on the happiness without a shadow of those four days. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
At her dressing-table, pale, still wearing, as always in public, her mask of emotionless impenetrability, sat Sophia. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
They did not do so because of its usual impenetrability, and because of herds of a certain creature which fed within. From Wordnik.com. [Mission to Moulokin]
The mystery surrounding the Queen of Sheba and the land she ruled has been fueled by southern Yemen's impenetrability. From Wordnik.com. [Inside The Land Of Sheba] Reference
Despite its author's reputation for impenetrability, the symbolism of this two-hander is as intelligible as a kidney punch. From Wordnik.com. ['Little Mermaid'] Reference
The towering closeness of these on each hand, their impenetrability, and their ponderousness, are felt as a physical pressure. From Wordnik.com. [A Changed Man] Reference
The impenetrability, mobility, and impetus of bodies and the laws of motion and law of gravity have been found by this method. From Wordnik.com. [Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica] Reference
The impenetrability, mobility, and impetus of bodies, and the laws of motion and law of gravity have been found by this method. From Wordnik.com. [Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica] Reference
This wind had dried the frozen surface of the ground to the impenetrability of iron; loose earth crumbled before it like powder. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
But if I try to emphasize the impenetrability of my particular brand of retardation, the commiseration comes to a grinding halt. From Wordnik.com. [No, It's Not The Same] Reference
Most decidedly the finger of heaven must be recognised in the impenetrability of the mysterious inhumation performed by Moiselet. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 381, July 18, 1829] Reference
The overall feeling is that of sinuosity and impenetrability and this was made possible by using carbon fiber to build the pieces. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing The Bathroom : Bathtub + Shower by Ron Arad] Reference
Since extension and impenetrability are not directly relevant to how different magnitudes (or degrees) of motion can be represented. From Wordnik.com. [Kant's Philosophy of Science] Reference
We will call this the impenetrability objection, since it appeals to the common idea that impenetrability is the mark of the material. From Wordnik.com. [Material Constitution] Reference
If impenetrability be a law of matter, the more a portion of atomic matter is condensed, the less ether will be found in the same space. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Mandatoriness flows from the insensitivity of the system to the organism's utilities, which is one dimension of cognitive impenetrability. From Wordnik.com. [Modularity of Mind] Reference
No contemporary writer can surpass the complexity and impenetrability of the 1939 "Finnegans Wake" — and you don't hear a lot of complaints, either. From Wordnik.com. [The New New Thing: Same As It Ever Was] Reference
To her eyes, the gilding over the iron bars was very thin: the perfumed padding on the stone walls but a poor disguise of their chill impenetrability. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Occasionally I'd even 'brag' about the impenetrability of the place to make my watchers think that I was totally intimidated by the security measures. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11 - The Second Date] Reference
I had been talking abstractly about precisely such a tool in perhaps not-too-veiled frustration at the impenetrability of the Star City training schedules. From Wordnik.com. [Esther Dyson: Flight School: The Lord Will Provide] Reference
Physics becomes a subalter - nate of this pure science of nature when concepts of empirical origin such as motion, impenetrability, and inertia are introduced. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
SHUSTER: It is somewhat of a puzzle though how North Korea's political and military elite have been so good at keeping the secrets, maintaining the aura of impenetrability. From Wordnik.com. [North Korea's Next Leader A Surprising Secret] Reference
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