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Infiltration

Infiltration Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Infiltration? [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Infiltration: percolation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Infiltration: absorbency \| absorbent \| absorption \| access \| admission \| adsorbent \| adsorption \| aerial tactics \| aggravated assault \| aggression \| airborne tactics \| amphibious attack \| applied tactics \| armed assault \| armored tactics \| assailing \| assailment \| assault \| assimilation \| attack \| banzai attack \| barrier tactics \| blitz \| blitzkrieg \| blotter \| blotting \| blotting paper \| breakthrough \| brewing \| cavalry tactics \| charge \| chemisorption \| chemosorption \| counterattack \| counteroffensive \| coup de main \| crippling attack \| dead set at \| decoction \| defensive strategy \| descent on \| digestion \| diversion \| diversionary attack \| drench \| drenching \| drive \| ducking \| dunking \| encirclement \| encroachment \| endosmosis \| engrossment \| entrance \| entree \| entrenchment \| entry \| exosmosis \| feint \| fire tactics \| flank attack \| frontal attack \| gas attack \| head-on attack \| imbruement \| imbuement \| impingement \| import \| importation \| importing \| imposition \| impregnation \| income \| incoming \| incursion \| infantry tactics \| influx \| infringement \| infusion \| ingoing \| ingress \| ingression \| injection \| input \| inroad \| insertion \| insinuation \| instillation \| instillment \| intake \| interference \| interjection \| interloping \| interpenetration \| interposition \| interposure \| interruption \| intervention \| introduction \| introgression \| intrusion \| invasion \| investment \| irruption \| leaching \| leakage \| lightning attack \| lightning war \| lixiviation \| maceration \| marination \| mass attack \| megadeath \| mob tactics \| mobile tactics \| mugging \| obtrusion \| offense \| offensive \| onset \| onslaught \| osmosis \| overkill \| panzer warfare \| penetration \| percolation \| permeation \| pervasion \| pincers movement \| pulping \| push \| reception \| run against \| run at \| rush \| sally \| saturation \| seepage \| seething \| shock tactics \| soak \| soakage \| soaking \| sopping \| sorption \| sortie \| souse \| sousing \| sponge \| sponging \| steeping \| strategy \| strike \| suffusion \| tactics \| trespass \| trespassing \| unlawful entry \| unprovoked assault See Also \| filtration \| incursion \| penetration Infiltration In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Infiltration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infiltration?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infiltration: percolation

See Also | filtration | incursion | penetration

Infiltration In Webster's Dictionary

\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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