percolation

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US/pɝkəˈleɪʃən/UK/pɜːkəˈleɪʃən/

noun

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

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

nounpercolation (countable and uncountable, plural percolations)

plural percolations

  1. countableuncountableThe seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
    1 more example

    With simultaneous measurement of channel conductivity and its slow time-dependent fluctuation (or noise) in ultra-thin WSe2 and MoS2 FETs on insulating SiO2 substrates, where noise arises from McWhorter-type carrier number fluctuations, we establish that the switching in conventional backgated TMDC FETs is a classical percolation transition in a medium of inhomogeneous carrier density distribution.

    2015, Tathagata Paul, Subhamoy Ghatak, Arindam Ghosh, “Percolative switching in transition metal dichalcogenide field-effect transistors at room temperature”, in arXiv

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium

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Origin

  1. Latinpercōlātiō
  2. Englishpercolation

From Latin percōlātiō.

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Translations

Bulgarian процеждане, филтриране
  • процеждане (proceždane)seepage or filtration of a liquid
  • филтриране (filtrirane)seepage or filtration of a liquid
Chinese Mandarin 滲濾 /渗滤, 過濾 /过滤
  • 滲濾 /渗滤 (shènlǜ)seepage or filtration of a liquid
  • 過濾 /过滤 (guòlǜ)seepage or filtration of a liquid
Dutch doorsijpelen
  • doorsijpelenseepage or filtration of a liquid
Estonian perkolatsioon, nõrgumine
  • perkolatsioonseepage or filtration of a liquid
  • nõrgumineseepage or filtration of a liquid
Finnish tihkuminen, perkolaatio
  • tihkuminenseepage or filtration of a liquid
  • perkolaatioseepage or filtration of a liquid
French percolation
  • percolationseepage or filtration of a liquid
German Perkolation, Versickerung
  • Perkolationseepage or filtration of a liquid
  • Versickerungseepage or filtration of a liquid
  • Durchsickerungseepage or filtration of a liquid
Italian percolazione, percolamento
  • percolazioneseepage or filtration of a liquid
  • percolamentoseepage or filtration of a liquid
Japanese 濾過
  • 濾過 (roka)seepage or filtration of a liquid
Latin percōlātiō
  • percōlātiōseepage or filtration of a liquid
Latvian perkolācija, caursūkšanās
  • perkolācijaseepage or filtration of a liquid
  • caursūkšanāsseepage or filtration of a liquid
Lithuanian sunkimasis
  • sunkimasisseepage or filtration of a liquid
Persian پرکولاسیون
  • پرکولاسیون (perkolâsion)seepage or filtration of a liquid
Portuguese percolação
  • percolaçãoseepage or filtration of a liquid
Romanian percolare
  • percolareseepage or filtration of a liquid
Russian проце́живание, проса́чивание
  • проце́живание (procéživanije)seepage or filtration of a liquid
  • проса́чивание (prosáčivanije)seepage or filtration of a liquid
Spanish percolación
  • percolaciónseepage or filtration of a liquid
Swedish perkolering, perkolation
  • perkoleringseepage or filtration of a liquid
  • perkolationseepage or filtration of a liquid
Tagalog paninilas, saimsim
  • paninilasseepage or filtration of a liquid
  • saimsimseepage or filtration of a liquid

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APA

percolation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percolation

MLA

“percolation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percolation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “percolation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percolation.

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