infiltration
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1. a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection) (noun.act)
hypernym | : | incursion, penetration, |
definition | : | an attack that penetrates into enemy territory (noun.act) |
2. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium (noun.process)
hypernym | : | filtration, |
definition | : | the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium (noun.process) |
3. a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection) (noun.act)
derivation | : | infiltrate, pass through, |
definition | : | pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict (verb.motion) |
derivation | : | infiltrate, penetrate, |
definition | : | enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members (verb.social) |
4. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium (noun.process)
derivation | : | percolate, |
definition | : | cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | percolate, |
definition | : | prepare in a percolator (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | infiltrate, |
definition | : | pass into or through by filtering or permeating (verb.motion) |
derivation | : | infiltrate, |
definition | : | cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices (verb.motion) |
derivation | : | leach, percolate, |
definition | : | permeate or penetrate gradually (verb.motion) |
5. a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection) (noun.act)
derivation | : | infiltrate, pass through, |
definition | : | pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict (verb.motion) |
derivation | : | infiltrate, penetrate, |
definition | : | enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members (verb.social) |
6. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium (noun.process)
derivation | : | percolate, |
definition | : | cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | percolate, |
definition | : | prepare in a percolator (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | infiltrate, |
definition | : | pass into or through by filtering or permeating (verb.motion) |
derivation | : | infiltrate, |
definition | : | cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices (verb.motion) |
derivation | : | leach, percolate, |
definition | : | permeate or penetrate gradually (verb.motion) |
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