"leachate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈliːt͡ʃeɪt/ Forms: leachates [plural]
Etymology: leach + -ate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|leach|ate}} leach + -ate Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} leachate (countable and uncountable, plural leachates)
  1. (soil science) The liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material. Wikipedia link: leachate Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Soil science Related terms: leachant Translations (liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material): Sickerwasser [neuter] (German), percolato [masculine] (Italian), waiwhakapākeka (Maori), waipapī (Maori)

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          "text": "1994, James M. Brannon, Tommy E. Myers, Barbara A. Tardy, Leachate Testing and Evaluation for Freshwater Sediments, US Army Corps of Engineers, Miscellaneous Paper D-94-1, page 23,\nTwo aspects of leachate generation from CDFs are of particular concern, leachate contaminant concentrations and leachate flow."
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