Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infiltration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infiltration
n : a process in which a military force moves as individuals (or
small groups) through enemy positions without detection
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