Meaning of INFILTRATION
| Pronunciation: | | `infil'treyshun
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- [n] a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
- [n] the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava"
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| | Synonyms: | | percolation |
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| | See Also: | | filtration, incursion, penetration | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`fil*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. infiltration.]
1. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a
porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ
or part of the body.
2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a
body. --Addison.
Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities.
--Kirwan.
{Fatty infiltration}. (Med.) See under {Fatty}.
{Infiltration gallery}, a filter gallery.
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