| Library / English Dictionary |
PERCOLATION
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("percolation" is a kind of...):
filtration (the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter)
Derivation:
percolate (cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent)
percolate (prepare in a percolator)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of making coffee in a percolator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("percolation" is a kind of...):
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Derivation:
percolate (prepare in a percolator)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
Example:
the infiltration of seawater through the lava
Synonyms:
infiltration; percolation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("percolation" is a kind of...):
filtration (the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium)
Derivation:
percolate (pass through)
percolate (cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent)
percolate (prepare in a percolator)
percolate (permeate or penetrate gradually)
