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