percolation
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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
Inputting the data into a molecular dynamics computer simulation, they were able to show that statistically, near the laminar-turbulent transition, puff behavior was in excellent agreement with the directed percolation transition.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
Directed percolation: a process where connections or flows occur in a specific direction, often used to model the spread of substances through a medium.
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 wadi, which is some 63 m. long, obtains water by percolation from the Nile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
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