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Percolation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Percolation : (noun)
1: the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium;
"the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the
infiltration of seawater through the lava" [syn: infiltration]
2: the act of making coffee in a percolator
3: the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Percolation : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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