infiltration

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; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava" [syn: percolation]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

1. 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.
2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
3. The act of entering a physical location and/or organization secretly.

Translations

• French: infiltration (1,2,3)
• Telugu: ఇంకు (iMku) (1,2), చొరబాటు (chorabaaTu) (3)
• Spanish: filtración (1,2), infiltración (3)

Infiltration may refer to:

• Infiltration (HVAC), a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) term for air leakage into buildings
• Infiltration (hydrology), downward movement of water through soil
• Infiltration (medical), the diffusion or accumulation of substances not normal to it or in amounts in excess of the normal
• Infiltration (zine), a popular urban exploration zine/website created by Jeff Chapman (a.k.a. Ninjalicious)
• InfiltrationMod, a tactical shooter game
• Infiltration tactics, tactics developed by the German army in 1917 that broke the trench-warfare stalemate on the western front
• An attempt to sneak across a border, or into a guarded place. See also Palestinian infiltration.
• In sociology and politics, infiltration may refer to entryism. For example, organization A's members furtively join organization B so that A can try to take over B
• Espionage
• Urban exploration, exploring parts of towns etc which are normally off-limits
• The Transformers: Infiltration, a 2006 comic book series by IDW Publishing

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