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Infiltration Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Infiltration has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"The special forces team executed a silent infiltration of the fortress to capture the commander before dawn."

2

the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium

"the percolation of rainwater through the soil"

"the infiltration of seawater through the lava"

3

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.

"The heavy rain caused significant infiltration of groundwater into the dry soil beneath the garden beds."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
penetration filtration
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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