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infiltration
noun
1 infiltration
A process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection).
Roget 41:
mixture,
admixture,
commixture,
commixtion†;
commixion†,
intermixture,
alloyage†,
matrimony;
junction
etc.
43;
combination
etc.
48;
miscegenation.
impregnation;
infusion,
diffusion suffusion,
transfusion;
infiltration;
seasoning,
sprinkling,
interlarding;
interpolation;
etc.
228
adulteration,
sophistication.
[Thing mixed]
tinge,
tincture,
touch,
dash,
smack,
sprinkling,
spice,
seasoning,
infusion,
soupcon.
[Compound resulting from mixture]
alloy,
amalgam;
brass,
chowchow†,
pewter;
magma,
half-and-half,
melange,
tertium quid [Lat.],
miscellany,
ambigu†,
medley,
mess,
hotchpot†,
pasticcio†,
patchwork,
odds and ends,
all sorts;
jumble
etc.
(disorder)
59;
salad,
sauce,
mash,
omnium gatherum [Lat.],
gallimaufry,
olla-podrida†,
olio,
salmagundi,
potpourri,
Noah's ark,
caldron texture,
mingled yarn;
mosaic
etc.
(variegation)
440.
half-blood,
half-caste.
mulatto;
terceron†,
quarteron†,
quinteron†
&c.;
quadroon,
octoroon;
griffo†,
zambo†;
cafuzo†;
Eurasian;
fustee†,
fustie†;
griffe,
ladino†,
marabou,
mestee†,
mestizo,
quintroon,
sacatra zebrule [Lat.];
catalo†;
cross,
hybrid,
mongrel.
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Roget 228:
interposition,
interjacence†,
intercurrence†,
intervenience†,
interlocation†,
interdigitation,
interjection,
interpolation,
interlineation,
interspersion,
intercalation.
[interposition at a fine-grained level]
interpenetration;
permeation;
infiltration.
[interposition by one person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative]
intervention,
interference;
intrusion,
obtrusion;
insinuation.
insertion
etc.
300;
dovetailing;
embolism.
intermediary,
intermedium†;
go between,
bodkin†,
intruder,
interloper;
parenthesis,
episode,
flyleaf.
partition,
septum,
diaphragm;
midriff;
dissepiment†;
party wall,
panel,
room divider.
halfway house.
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Roget 294:
ingress;
entrance,
entry;
introgression;
influx,
intrusion,
inroad,
incursion,
invasion,
irruption;
ingression;
penetration,
interpenetration;
illapse†,
import,
infiltration;
immigration;
admission
etc.
(reception)
296;
insinuation
etc.
(interjacence)
228†;
insertion
etc.
300.
inlet;
way in;
mouth,
door,
etc.
(opening)
260;
barway†;
path
etc.
(way)
627;
conduit
etc.
350;
immigrant.
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Roget 302:
passage,
transmission;
permeation;
penetration,
interpenetration;
transudation,
infiltration;
endosmose exosmose†;
endosmosis [Chem];
intercurrence†;
ingress
etc.
294;
egress
etc.
295;
path
etc.
627;
conduit
etc.
350;
opening
etc.
260;
journey
etc.
266;
voyage
etc.
267.
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Roget 337:
water;
serum,
serosity†;
lymph;
rheum;
diluent;
agua [Sp.],
aqua,
pani†.
dilution,
maceration,
lotion;
washing
etc.
v.;
immersion†,
humectation†,
infiltration,
spargefaction†,
affusion†,
irrigation,
douche,
balneation†,
bath.
deluge
etc.
(water in motion)
348;
high water,
flood tide.
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2 infiltration
The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium:
— The infiltration of seawater through the lava.
synonym: percolation.
Dutch: infiltratie
Polish: infiltracja
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