"percolation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɝkəˈleɪʃən/ [General-American], /pɜːkəˈleɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: percolations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin percōlātiō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|percōlātiō}} Latin percōlātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} percolation (countable and uncountable, plural percolations)
  1. The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance. Wikipedia link: percolation Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: percolate, percolation theory Translations (seepage or filtration of a liquid): процеждане (proceždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), филтриране (filtrirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 滲濾 (Chinese Mandarin), 渗滤 (shènlǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), 過濾 (Chinese Mandarin), 过滤 (guòlǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), doorsijpelen (Dutch), perkolatsioon (Estonian), nõrgumine (Estonian), tihkuminen (Finnish), perkolaatio (Finnish), percolation [feminine] (French), Perkolation [feminine] (German), Versickerung [feminine] (German), Durchsickerung [feminine] (German), percolazione [feminine] (Italian), percolamento [masculine] (Italian), 濾過 (roka) (alt: ろか) (Japanese), percōlātiō [feminine] (Latin), perkolācija (Latvian), caursūkšanās (Latvian), sunkimasis (Lithuanian), پرکولاسیون (perkolâsion) (Persian), percolação [feminine] (Portuguese), percolare [feminine] (Romanian), проце́живание (procéživanije) [neuter] (Russian), проса́чивание (prosáčivanije) [neuter] (Russian), perkolering [common-gender] (Swedish), perkolation [common-gender] (Swedish), paninilas (Tagalog), saimsim (Tagalog)

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