infiltration
nounThe act or process of infiltrating.
nounThe state of being infiltrated.
nounSomething that infiltrates.
nounIn geology, the introduction of water into porous or open-textured rock. The term is specially employed in the discussion of ore-deposits to describe the introduction of new minerals in solution.
nounThe act or process of infiltrating.
nounIn pathology, a morbid condition of any portion of tissue produced by the accumulation in it of substances introduced from without: distinguished from
That which infiltrates; a fluid, or matter carried by a fluid, which enters the pores or cavities of a body.
nounThe act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body, or of persons into a hostile organization.
nounThe substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
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