percolation
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1. the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | filtration, |
| definition | : | the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter (noun.act) |
2. the act of making coffee in a percolator (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | cookery, cooking, preparation, |
| definition | : | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat (noun.act) |
3. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | filtration, |
| definition | : | the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium (noun.process) |
4. the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification (noun.act)
| derivation | : | percolate, |
| definition | : | cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent (verb.contact) |
5. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium (noun.process)
| derivation | : | percolate, |
| definition | : | cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | percolate, |
| definition | : | prepare in a percolator (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | infiltrate, |
| definition | : | pass into or through by filtering or permeating (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | infiltrate, |
| definition | : | cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | leach, percolate, |
| definition | : | permeate or penetrate gradually (verb.motion) |
6. the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification (noun.act)
| derivation | : | percolate, |
| definition | : | cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent (verb.contact) |
7. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium (noun.process)
| derivation | : | percolate, |
| definition | : | cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | percolate, |
| definition | : | prepare in a percolator (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | infiltrate, |
| definition | : | pass into or through by filtering or permeating (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | infiltrate, |
| definition | : | cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | leach, percolate, |
| definition | : | permeate or penetrate gradually (verb.motion) |
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