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Definition of Percolation

1. Noun. The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium. "The infiltration of seawater through the lava"

2. Noun. The act of making coffee in a percolator.

3. Noun. The filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification.

Definition of Percolation

1. n. 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.

Definition of Percolation

1. Noun. the seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Percolation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Percolation

1. The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically, the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it. Origin: L. Percolatio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Percolation

percipiences percipient percipiently percipients perclose percoct percoid percoid fish percoidea percoidean

percoids percolate percolated percolates percolating percolation percolation theories percolation theory percolations percolative

percolatively percolator percolators percolin percolins percomorph oil percomorphi percontation percontative percontatorial

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