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Infiltration

The flow of a fluid into a substance through pores of small openings. It connotes flow into a substance in contradistinction to the word percolation.

Source
Society for Range Management. 1998. Glossary of terms used in range management, fourth edition. Edited by the Glossary Update Task Group, Thomas E. Bedell, Chairman. Used with permission.