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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

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

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

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

It turns out that the percolation threshold is analogous to the critical temperature.

From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2023

In 1819, Laurens produced the original of the percolation device in which the boiling water is raised by a tube and sprayed over the ground coffee.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)




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