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percolation

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


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

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

Their research, titled "The role of interfacial donor-acceptor percolation in efficient and stable all-polymer solar cells," paves the way for more sustainable and viable solar energy solutions for daily applications.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

This miscibility allows for the formation of a nanoscale percolation network at the heterojunction interface, preventing the aggregation of Y6-PAs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 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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