percolation
pronunciation
How to pronounce percolation in British English:
UK [ˌpɜ:kə'leɪʃn]
How to pronounce percolation in American English:
US [ˌpɜkə'leɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
- the act of making coffee in a percolator
- the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
Word Origin
- percolation (n.)
- 1610s, from Latin percolationem (nominative percolatio), noun of action from past participle stem of percolare "to strain through, filter," from per- "through" (see per) + colare "to strain," from colum "a strainer" (see colander).
Example
- 1. Pilot test of bacterial percolation leaching at Fuzhou Uranium Mine
- 2. Curtain wall project rainproof water percolation design and construction measure
- 3. In fact , knowledgeable scientists of the time accepted land irrigation and percolation into the porous underground formations as methods of waste treatment .
- 4. If flow is too slow , excessive percolation will occur near the ditch , and too little water will reach the lower end of the field .
- 5. A study on percolation water in Wolong Natural Reserve Region