Infiltration

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or process of infiltrating.
  • n. The state of being infiltrated.
  • n. Something that infiltrates.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
  • n. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
  • n. The act of entering a physical location and/or organization secretly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body, or of persons into a hostile organization.
  • n. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or process of infiltrating.
  • n. In pathology, a morbid condition of any portion of tissue produced by the accumulation in it of substances introduced from without: distinguished from degeneration, where the substance abnormally present is produced from the tissue itself through faulty metabolism.
  • n. That which infiltrates; a fluid, or matter carried by a fluid, which enters the pores or cavities of a body.
  • n. In geology, the introduction of water into porous or open-textured rock. The term is specially employed in the discussion of ore-deposits to describe the introduction of new minerals in solution.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
  • n. a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
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