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Percolation Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Percolation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
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"

2

the act of making coffee in a percolator

3

the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification

4

The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
filtration cooking
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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