infiltration

infiltración

Entrada secreta en un lugar o grupo, normalmente para obtener información o causar daño.

En inglés sencillo: Secretly entering a place or group, often to collect information or cause harm.

• The guards watched for enemy infiltration.
• Police infiltration of the gang took months.
• Better security could prevent infiltration by foreign agents.

Cómo se usa: infiltration of something (The infiltration of the group went unnoticed.); infiltration by someone (The files revealed infiltration by undercover officers.)

Sinónimos: penetration

Expresiones frecuentes: enemy infiltration, infiltration of something, prevent infiltration

infiltración

Paso de un líquido al interior del suelo, un tejido u otro material a través de pequeños espacios.

En inglés sencillo: The process of liquid moving into soil, tissue, or another material through small spaces.

• Rain increased water infiltration into the soil.
• Clay soils often have a low infiltration rate.
• The test measured fluid infiltration into the tissue.

Cómo se usa: infiltration into something (Cracks allowed water infiltration into the walls.)

Sinónimos: seepage

Expresiones frecuentes: water infiltration, infiltration rate, infiltration into something