Part 5816

<blockquote>The water <b>infiltrates</b> through the porous rock. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Infiltrate</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fil"trate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.</def>

<i>J. S. Mill.</i>

<h1>Infiltration</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In`fil*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>infiltration</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>Calcareous <b>infiltrations</b> filling the cavities. <i>Kirwan.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Fatty infiltration</col>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Fatty</er>.</cd> -- <col>Infiltration gallery</col>, <cd>a filter gallery.</cd></cs>

<h1>Infiltrative</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In*fil"tra*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to infiltration.</def>

<i>Kane.</i>

<h1>Infinite</h1> <Xpage=759>

<hw>In"fi*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>infinitus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>infini</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Finite</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; <as>as, <ex>infinite</ex> duration or distance</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than <b>infinite</b> is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than <b>infinite</b> distance the lowest or least can not sink. <i>H. Brooke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; <as>as, the <ex>infinite</ex> wisdom and goodness of God</as>; -- opposed to <i>finite</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is <b>infinite</b>. <i>Ps. cxlvii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O God, how <b>infinite</b> thou art! <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.</def>

<blockquote><b>Infinite</b> riches in a little room. <i>Marlowe.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Which <b>infinite</b> calamity shall cause To human life. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; -- said of certain quantities.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also <altname>perpetual fugues</altname>, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.</def>

<i>Moore (Encyc. of Music).</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable; limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal.</syn>