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infiltration

DEFINITIONS OF: infiltration

1

n a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)

Type of:
incursion, penetration
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

n the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium

“the infiltration of seawater through the lava”
Synonyms:
percolation
Type of:
filtration
the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium
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