Associations to the word «Infiltration»

Wiktionary

INFILTRATION, noun. 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.
INFILTRATION, noun. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
INFILTRATION, noun. The act of entering a physical location and/or organization secretly.

Dictionary definition

INFILTRATION, noun. A process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection).
INFILTRATION, noun. The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King