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filtración — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • filtration noun The process of separating solid particles from a liquid or gas by passing it through a filter.
  • infiltration noun The act of secretly entering an organization, group, or place.
  • leak noun A crack or hole that lets liquid or gas escape or get in when it shouldn't.
  • leakage noun The escape of liquid, gas, or electric current through an unwanted gap.
  • seep verb To flow or leak slowly through small openings or a porous surface.
  • seepage noun The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)

Senses

filtración is used for these senses in English:

  • filtration The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
  • infiltration The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
  • infiltration The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
  • leak A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
  • leakage An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
  • seep Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.

infiltration — full definition

  1. noun The act of secretly entering an organization, group, or place.
  2. noun The gradual seeping of a liquid into a material or the ground.

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