percolation

English

Etymology

From the Latin percōlātiō.

Noun

percolation (countable and uncountable, plural percolations)

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

Related terms

percolation theory

Translations

seepage or filtration of a liquid

Chinese:
Mandarin: 滲濾 (zh), 渗滤 (zh) (shènlǜ), 過濾 (zh), 过滤 (zh) (guòlǜ)
Dutch: doorsijpelen (nl)
Estonian: perkolatsioon, nõrgumine
Finnish: tihkuminen, perkolaatio
French: percolation (fr) f
German: Perkolation f, Versickerung f, Durchsickerung f
Italian: percolazione f, percolamento m
Japanese: 濾過 (ja) (ろか, roka)

Latin: percōlātiō f
Latvian: perkolācija, caursūkšanās
Lithuanian: sunkimasis
Persian: پرکولاسیون‎ (perkolāsion)
Portuguese: percolação (pt) f
Russian: проце́живание (ru) n (procéživanije), проса́чивание (ru) n (prosáčivanije)
Swedish: perkolering c, perkolation c
Tagalog: paninilas, saimsim

Anagrams

neotropical

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin percōlātiō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

percolation f (plural percolations)

percolation

Further reading

“percolation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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