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percolation
[ pur-kuh-ley-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- Pharmacology. the extraction of the soluble principles of a crude drug by the passage of a suitable liquid through it.
- Geology. the slow movement of water through the pores in soil or permeable rock.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of percolation1
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Example Sentences
Of these 15, 11 appeared to result in sustainable percolations.
Castro would slide from view for weeks or months until the percolation of rumors roared to a fierce bubbling.
From cubebs and proof spirit, equal parts, by percolation; without subsequent evaporation.
Part is directly re-evaporated, part is absorbed by vegetation, part may escape by percolation into neighbouring districts.
True percolation means to drip through fine interstices of china or metal.
The best practise favors true percolation (French drip), or filtration.
Percolation means dripping through fine apertures in china or metal as in De Belloy's French drip pot.
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