Percolation

Perˊco-la′tion

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Noun.

[L.

percolatio

.]

The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically

(Pharm.)

, the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.

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Noun.

The act of straining or filtering; filtration; the act of passing through small interstices, as liquor through felt or a porous stone.

Percolation is intended for the purification of liquors.

percolation ‎(plural percolations)

seepage or filtration of a liquid

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