Penetration

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Penetration

1)

An idiom referring to offensive force directed slightly beyond the surface of an target, for the purpose of transferring the energy from the strike deeper into the mass of the target.

2)

The act of entering into or through something.

 

Comments:

1)

Used in this context, it refers to the physical method of energy transfer through contact.

 

See Stages of Range for more information.

2)

This is the layman's definition of the term.

 

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