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Infiltration : (noun)
1: a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate
an area (especially the military penetration of enemy
positions without detection)
2: the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium;
"the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the
infiltration of seawater through the lava" [syn: percolation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Infiltration : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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