Meanings
plural percolations
- 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
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Origin
- Latinpercōlātiō
- Englishpercolation
From Latin percōlātiō.
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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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Cite this entry
percolation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percolation
“percolation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percolation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “percolation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percolation.
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