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percolation

[pur-kuh-lay-shuhn] / ˌpɜr kəˈleɪ ʃən /


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Such calculations could ultimately improve scientists' understanding of complex processes like turbulence and percolation.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025

"Ramanujan's motivation might have been very mathematical, but without his knowledge, he was also studying black holes, turbulence, percolation, all sorts of things."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025

This may not seem relevant to fluid turbulence, but in earlier work, the team and other researchers in the field had evidence that the directed percolation transition had the same statistical properties as laminar-turbulent transitions.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

How did your work open these new doors for mathematicians to solve problems related to percolation theory?

From Scientific American ● Sep. 25, 2023

The earlier treasury was probably destroyed either by earthquake or by the percolation of water through the terracing.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various




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