Found 2 items, similar to percolation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: percolation percolation n 1: the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; “the percolation of rainwater through the soil”; “the infiltration of seawater through the lava” [syn: infiltration] 2: the act of making coffee in a percolator 3: the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
English → English (gcide) Definition: Percolation Percolation \Per`co*la"tion\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]