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percolation

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


NOUN
seepage
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These connections appear in theoretical descriptions of percolation, fluid turbulence, and even certain features of black holes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

If "percolation" makes you think of your morning coffee, it provides a useful example here.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

Although the Hof group had demonstrated directed percolation in a circular geometry, what happens in an open geometry like a pipe remained unclear.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

Somewhere in between is a critical value, called the percolation threshold, at which the fluid begins to flow all the way across the network.

From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2023

This constant percolation of water is of immense importance to the plant, as it forms the channel through which some of its other constituents are carried to it.

From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Anderson, Thomas




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