Meaning of PERCOLATION
| Pronunciation: | | `purku'leyshun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | infiltration |
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| | See Also: | | cookery, cooking, filtration, filtration, preparation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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