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Infiltration   /ˌɪnfɪltrˈeɪʃən/   Listen
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.  Synonym: percolation.  "The infiltration of seawater through the lava"





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"Infiltration" Quotes from Famous Books



... rustling sound is known as vesicular murmur, and wherever it is heard it signifies that the lung contains air and is functionally active. The vesicular murmur is weakened when there is an inflammatory infiltration of the lung tissue or when the lungs are compressed by fluid in the chest cavity. The vesicular murmur disappears when air is excluded by the accumulation, of inflammatory product, as in pneumonia, and when the lungs are compressed by fluid in ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture
... of sewage gradually forms, which smells abominably. If a piece of hose a dozen feet long had been attached to the end of the drain and each day shifted in position so that no particular spot received the infiltration two days in succession, it is probable that no such pondage of sewage would occur, but that the mere intermittency of the application thereby secured would permit the successful disposal of this ...
— Rural Hygiene • Henry N. Ogden
... descend into its bed through one of the small ravines adjoining it. We found it partially run out, the bed being sand and strewed with nodules of lime, some of which were from one half to two feet long: they had apparently been formed in the sanddowns by infiltration. ...
— Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia • William John Wills


Words linked to "Infiltration" :   military, war machine, infiltrate, armed services, armed forces, filtration, penetration, incursion, military machine


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