Definition of "penetrancy" []

• The quality or state of being penetrant; penetrance. (noun)

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• "And this, the boiling of Horn will make more probable; for we shall find by that action, that the water will insinuate it self to a pretty depth within the surface of it, especially if this penetrancy of the water be much helped by the Salts that are usually mix'd with the Dying liquors."