About The Word Percolation

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Percolation

Percolation Meaning & Definition
Percolation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Percolation?

[n] the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
[n] the act of making coffee in a percolator
[n] the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Percolation: infiltration

Related Terms | Find terms related to Percolation: absorbency | absorbent | absorption | access | admission | adsorbent | adsorption | assimilation | blotter | blotting | blotting paper | bolting | brewing | chemisorption | chemosorption | clarification | colature | colliquation | condensation | decoagulation | deliquescence | deliquium | destructive distillation | digestion | dissolution | dissolving | distillation | drench | drenching | dribble | drip | dripping | drop | ducking | dunking | edulcoration | effusion | elution | elutriation | endosmosis | engrossment | entrance | entree | entry | essentialization | excretion | exfiltration | exosmosis | extraction | extravasation | exudation | filtering | filtration | fluidification | fluidization | fusing | fusion | imbruement | imbuement | import | importation | importing | impregnation | income | incoming | infiltration | infusion | ingoing | ingress | ingression | injection | input | insertion | insinuation | intake | interpenetration | introduction | introgression | intrusion | leaching | leakage | liquefaction | liquescence | liquescency | lixiviation | maceration | melting | ooze | oozing | osmosis | penetration | percolating | permeation | pulping | purification | reception | refinement | riddling | running | saturation | screening | seep | seepage | seeping | seething | separation | sieving | sifting | soak | soakage | soaking | solubilization | solution | sopping | sorption | souse | sousing | spiritualization | sponge | sponging | spurtle | steeping | straining | sublimation | sweating | thawing | transudation | trickle | tricklet | unclotting | weep | weeping | winnowing

See Also | cookery | cooking | filtration | filtration | preparation

Percolation In Webster's Dictionary

\Per`co*la"tion\, n. [L. percolatio.] The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.

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