1. 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.
2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
Addison.
Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities.
Kirwan.
Fatty infiltration. (Med.) See under Fatty. -- Infiltration gallery, a
filter gallery.
In*fil"tra*tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to infiltration. Kane.
In"fi*nite (?), a. [L. infinitus: cf. F. infini. See In- not, and
Finite.]
1. Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or
distance.
Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative
relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still
infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance
the lowest or least can not sink.
H. Brooke.
2. Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence;
boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the
infinite wisdom and goodness of God; - - opposed to finite.
Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is
infinite.
Ps. cxlvii. 5.
O God, how infinite thou art!