percolation as a noun: - 1
- 2
- 3
percolation
noun
1 percolation
The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium:
— The percolation of rainwater through the soil.
synonym: infiltration.
Roget 295:
egress,
exit,
issue;
emersion,
emergence;
outbreak,
outburst;
eruption,
proruption†;
emanation;
egression;
evacuation;
exudation,
transudation;
extravasation [Med.],
perspiration,
sweating,
leakage,
percolation,
distillation,
oozing;
gush
etc.
(water in motion)
348;
outpour,
outpouring;
effluence,
effusion;
effluxion†,
drain;
dribbling
etc.
v.;
defluxion†;
drainage;
outcome,
output;
discharge
etc.
(excretion)
299.
export,
expatriation;
emigration,
remigration†;
debouch,
debouche;
emunctory†;
exodus
etc.
(departure)
293;
emigrant.
outlet,
vent,
spout,
tap,
sluice,
floodgate;
pore;
vomitory,
outgate†,
sally port;
way out;
mouth,
door
etc.
(opening)
260;
path
etc.
(way)
627;
conduit
etc.
350;
airpipe
etc.
351†.
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Dutch: infiltratie
Polish: infiltracja
2 percolation
The act of making coffee in a percolator.
3 percolation
The filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification.
Dutch: doorsijpelen
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