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Keywords: Interstices, Porous, Gruound, Penetrate, Subsurface

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To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

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To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Water moving downward through soil.

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cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices

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If the gruound surface layer is porous and has minute passages available for the passage of water droplets, the water is then said to infiltrate the subsurface soil.

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to penetrate through a porous tissue

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To filter into; the penetration of water through soils.

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