percolation

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per·co·late

(pûr′kə-lāt′)

v. per·co·lat·ed, per·co·lat·ing, per·co·lates

v.tr.

1. To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.

2. To pass or ooze through: Water percolated the sand.

3. To make (coffee) in a percolator.

v.intr.

1. To drain or seep through a porous material or filter.

2. Informal To become lively or active.

3. Informal To spread slowly or gradually.

n. (-lĭt, -lāt′)

A liquid that has been percolated.

[Latin percōlāre, percōlāt- : per-, per- + cōlāre, to filter (from cōlum, sieve).]

per′co·la′tion n.

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Noun	1.	percolation - the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava" infiltration filtration - the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium
	2.	percolation - the act of making coffee in a percolator cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
	3.	percolation - the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification filtration - the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter

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percolación

percolation

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The whole then became consolidated by the percolation of calcareous matter; and the cylindrical cavities left by the decaying of the wood, were thus also filled up with a hard pseudo-stalactical stone.

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The remains which do become embedded, if in sand or gravel, will when the beds are upraised generally be dissolved by the percolation of rain-water.

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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the most classical models in probability theory, Aufflinger, Damron, and Hanson describe the main results of first-passage percolation, paying special attention to the recent burst of developments.

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Multiphase polymer blends have been used to reduce the percolation threshold with increased composite conductivity at reduced filler concentrations that minimizes detrimental impact on mechanical and rheological properties [17-26].

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To describe the features of the vibrational spectra of disordered media, the ideas of fractal geometry and the theory of percolation are applied effectively [10].

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Low value of electrical percolation is the index of good dispersion [13].

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These catchment areas will be known as water harvesting- cum- percolation structures and help in maintaining greeneries.