"infiltration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnfɪlˈtɹeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infiltration.wav Forms: infiltrations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English infiltracioun, from Medieval Latin infiltrātiōnem, infiltrātiō. Morphologically infiltrate + -ion Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|infiltracioun}} Middle English infiltracioun, {{der|en|ML.|infiltrātiōnem}} Medieval Latin infiltrātiōnem, {{suffix|en|infiltrate|ion|nocat=1}} infiltrate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} infiltration (countable and uncountable, plural infiltrations)
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. 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.
    (hydrology, soil science) process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
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  3. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (substance): филтрат (filtrat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), infiltration [feminine] (French), filtración [feminine] (Spanish), ఇంకు (iṅku) (Telugu)
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  4. The act of secretly entering a physical location and/or organization. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (entering secretly): infiltratie [feminine] (Dutch), soluttautuminen (Finnish), infiltration [feminine] (French), Infiltration [feminine] (German), διείσδυση (dieísdysi) [feminine] (Greek), beszivárgás (Hungarian), beépülés (Hungarian), infiltrazione [feminine] (Italian), 潜入 (sennyū) (Japanese), 잠입 (jamip) (Korean), نفوذ (nofuz) (Persian), infiltración [feminine] (Spanish), infiltration [common-gender] (Swedish), చొరబాటు (corabāṭu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-infiltration-en-noun-OpuCAMaE Disambiguation of 'entering secretly': 8 9 14 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: infiltration basin, infiltration pond Translations (act or process of infiltrating): процеждане (proceždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), просмукване (prosmukvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), infiltrace (Czech), infiltratie [feminine] (Dutch), infiltration [feminine] (French), Infiltration [feminine] (German), víz beszivárgása (Hungarian), beszivárgás (Hungarian), yn-heeley [masculine] (Manx), infiltrašuvdna (Northern Sami), filtración [feminine] (Spanish), ఇంకు (iṅku) (Telugu)
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      "code": "te",
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